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Durham University: Researchers Uncover First Skeletal Evidence of Gladiator Bitten by Lion in Combat
April 24, 2025
OLD ELVET, England, April 24 -- Durham University issued the following news:

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Researchers uncover first skeletal evidence of gladiator bitten by lion in combat

A groundbreaking study involving our Department of Archaeology has uncovered the first physical evidence of human-animal gladiatorial combat in the Roman period.

The study conducted by an international team of archaeologists and osteologists centres on a skeleton discovered in a Rom . . .

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