A groundbreaking study has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period.The research presents ...

A groundbreaking study involving our Department of Archaeology has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal ...

Imagine a world before dinosaurs, where the land was ruled by toothy predators with a terrifying bite. Long before the famous ...

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

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

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.

This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...

The skeleton of a man, who was between the ages of 26 and 35 when he died, was found with bite marks from a large cat — likely a lion — on the pelvis. The man died and was buried in a grave ...

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

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