"The implications of our multidisciplinary study are huge," said study lead author and anthropologist professor Tim Thompson.

For the first time, bite marks made by a large cat, possibly an African lion, have been identified on the bones of what is ...

York - known as Eboracum in Roman times - appears to have held gladiator arena events until as late as the 4th Century AD. Researchers believe that this may be due to the fact that there were many ...

Researchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...

"For years, our understanding of Roman gladiatorial combat and animal spectacles has relied heavily on historical texts and artistic depictions. This discovery provides the first direct, physical ...

Roman gladiators’ fights to the death have inspired morbid fascination for millennia. But for something seemingly so well-documented, it’s rare for archaeologists find physical evidence of ...

Bite Marks on Roman Skeleton Unveil Gladiator Battles with Big Cats in ... historical evidence suggests that the city hosted arena events into the fourth century CE. The remains of the man show ...

Bite marks found in a Roman-era skeleton are the first physical evidence of “human-animal gladiatorial combat ... physical evidence that such events took place in this period, reshaping ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion.

An amphitheatre probably existed in Roman York, but this has not yet been discovered." York appears to have held gladiator arena events until as late as the fourth century AD, perhaps due to the ...

The first skeletal evidence of a gladiator show or execution involving an exotic animal comes from a Roman British man with bite marks from a lion.

The presence of distinguished Roman leaders in York would have meant they required a lavish lifestyle, experts said, so it was no surprise to see evidence of gladiatorial events, which served as a ...