Gladiator combat is a well-documented aspect of ancient Roman society, but the physical remains of fighters have remained ...

Archeologists in the UK and Ireland recently uncovered a rare find: the skeletal remains of a gladiator from Roman-era ...

In Rome’s Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

The first physical evidence of Roman gladiators fighting animals has been found in skeletal remains from England ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first direct evidence of a gladiator mauled by a lion. The skeleton, discovered two ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman myth, the ...

A Roman skeleton found in York shows bite marks from a lion, offering the first physical evidence of gladiators fighting wild ...

In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters ... Gladiators also were pitted against animals. While there are depictions of these contests in ancient mosaics and texts, actual forensic evidence ...

According to the ancient notes, the tax-evasion scheme involved the falsification of documents and the illicit sale and manumission, or freeing, of slaves — all to avoid paying duties in the far ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery ... a deceased human’s grave. The animals were often ritually killed ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery ... as well as the animal's entire skeleton. The creature was found under ...