A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

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

Slaves portrayed working in the Laurion mines. 7th century BC. Credit: Public Domain Slavery in Ancient Greece was acceptable and common, as in most organized societies of the time; yet there were ...

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

Researchers say the man’s spinal damage, lung inflammation, and lion bite offer a rare glimpse into the brutal reality of ...

Historians have deciphered a 1,900-year-old papyrus discovered in the Judean desert that details an elaborate tax evasion ...

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

The discovery illustrates how gladiatorial spectacles, often presented by emperors and other luminaries, that included wild ...