While excavating a site for the University of Gloucestershire, archaeologists discovered the remnants of two old churches and ...

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

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

England is quite often referred to as the 'home' of soccer—mainly because many, especially the English, believe it's where ...

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

Ancient Roman gladiators were often pitted against animals in the arena—animals capable of killing a human being. Skeletal ...

the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, and shown in the Bayeux Tapestry. By reinterpreting ... Ancient Genomes Reveal an Iron Age Society Centred on Women Jan. 15, 2025 — A groundbreaking study ...

Credit: Yorkshire Museum A man called Demetrios was among the first of the ancient Greeks to have traveled to England more than two millennia ago. Two small copper-alloy tablets almost two thousand ...

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