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

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

It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton was discovered 20 ... t realized when we started was that there was no physical evidence for gladiators fighting ...

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

A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial ...

The skeleton, likely of a man who died between the ages of 26 and 35, shows bite marks on the pelvis from a big cat, which could have been a lion, archaeologists said in a new study published in ...

(CN) — A skeleton found in a Roman cemetery in York offers the first physical evidence of a gladiator fighting — and dying — in combat with a lion, or large cat. The research, published Wednesday in ...

The skeleton, likely of a man who died between the ages of 26 and 35, shows bite marks on the pelvis from a big cat, which could have been a lion, archaeologists said in a new study published in the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The first Roman skeleton to be found with a lion bite is now on display at a top attraction in York. The Press reported on the ground ...

A Roman gladiator was bitten and probably killed by a lion in York, experts believe after the discovery of bite marks on a skeleton. And the human remains, found in a Roman cemetery in York ...