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

A team of archaeologists has found what they claim to be the skeleton of a gladiator who was bitten by a big cat — the first physical evidence of gladiator-animal combat in the Roman Empire.

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

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

Bite marks found on the skeleton of a Roman gladiator are the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a ...

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first ... Images of gladiators being mauled by lions have been featured on mosaics and pottery, but this is the first time skeletal ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the individual was likely bitten by a lion.

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 ...

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. Bite marks found on a ...

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It is the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton was discovered 20 years ago, in an excavation spurred by a couple hoping to renovate the yard of their home in the ...