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

A thrilling discovery in York has unveiled the first-ever physical evidence of a human fighting a lion in Roman times, thanks ...

Skeletal remains in a Roman burial ground in northern England were found to have lesions that looked suspiciously like bite ...

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

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

A Roman gladiator’s skeleton has provided the first piece of physical evidence of combat between a human and a large cat, ...

Images of gladiators being mauled by lions have been featured on mosaics and pottery, but this is the first time skeletal evidence of the fighting has been found.

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

A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...

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

The first Roman skeleton discovered with a "lion bite", thought to be from a gladiatorial battle in York, is now on display at DIG in ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators fought animals in Roman amphitheaters, new research shows.