It's the first-ever evidence of man-lion combat found in the Roman period.

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

In the fifth of a digital British and Irish Lions series in 2025 titled Lions Recollections, Wales Dan Lydiate looks back on ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of ...

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

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

Gladiators in Roman York were pitted against lions, archaeologists have proved. During the Roman Empire, contemporary authors ...

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion, experts say. The remains were discovered during a 2004 dig at ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Mr Holst added: “The bite marks were likely made by a lion, which confirms that the skeletons buried at the cemetery were ...

In a tough fight to the end, the Tennessee Tech beach volleyball team fell to Lindenwood in a 3-1 decision on the first day ...

The Lion King ride headed to Disneyland Paris has received new exciting images, details, and a construction start window of ...