A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

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

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

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

For most humans who have breathed Earth's air over the course of history, our deaths have disappeared from record, as ...

Images of gladiators being bitten by lions have appeared in ancient mosaics and pottery for hundreds of years. However, this is the first convincing skeletal evidence from the Roman Empire of bite ...

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

The discovery of a Roman gladiator skeleton with unusual bite marks led to the first direct physical evidence of human-animal ...

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

Learn how forensic evidence confirms that gladiator and lion combat did occur, and why experts think these fights didn't just ...

Blood, sand, and death – for Romans, there was no better entertainment than watching gladiators fight exotic animals in ...

An extraordinary private club turned hotel, the Chicago Athletic Association has restored rooms, amazing views of Lake ...