What’s less clear is whether the deceased was actually a gladiator or someone else who died fighting a lion in a Roman arena. But experts say it does reveal a richer picture of how these violent ...

Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a brutal clash between a lion and a gladiator in one of England’s most iconic ...

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination.

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists ...

Archaeologists recently discovered proof of a gladiatorial fight with a lion in an unexpected tourist destination: the city ...

Historians have long believed that ancient humans fought animals in arena battles, but no definitive evidence has been found ...

Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of combat depicted in ancient texts, ...

Tardigrades (aka "water bears") are micro-animals that can survive in the harshest conditions: extreme pressure, extreme ...

A Roman thought to be a gladiator stares out in a visual reconstruction of a man who met a gruesome end almost 2,000 years ...

A forensic artist has recreated the face of the Roman gladiator who was mauled by a lion in York. Last week, scientists revealed bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a Roman ...