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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNBite Marks on Ancient Skeleton Reveal First Physical Evidence of Roman Gladiators Fighting LionsResearchers compared the markings found on an ancient skeleton in England to bones that had been chewed on by cheetahs, lions ...
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...
New research on a skeleton of a gladiator that was found in York in 2004 shows the distinctive markings of lion's teeth.
Vienna archaeologists discover skeletal remains in mass grave of fighters in Roman Empire-era battle
Experts at the Vienna Museum provided a public presentation of the mass grave this week, which had the bodies of more than 100 people.
Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery. They found intertwined skeletal remains in a mass grave dating to the 1st-century Roman Empire.
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When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.
When it comes to the fall of the Roman Empire, this climate shift may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back.” ...
Skeleton from Roman gladiator cemetery was mauled by a lion or other big cat, archaeologists suggest
The bodies date from the first or early second century AD, to the late fourth century AD. During this time, York was an important military garrison and city in the Roman Empire. Almost all of the ...
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Until Tuesday, the tree's tumble hadn't been shown publicly, but discovery of the fallen tree reverberated across the United ...
Soccer field renovations near Vienna, Austria recently revealed a significant—if grim—archeological find: a mass grave dating back to the first century CE and Roman empire. The gravesite ...
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