Long lines of mourners, many waiting more than four hours under the hot Roman sun, wound around St. Peter’s Square on the ...

A suspected lion bite found on a Roman skeleton in a burial site in Driffield Terrace, York, gives a "remarkable insight" into the ...

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Vincenzo Montella remains one of the candidates linked with the coaching vacancy at Roma ahead of next season.The former ...

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By Crispian Balmer and Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Thousands of people poured into St. Peter's Basilica on ...

The skeleton was excavated from Driffield Terrace, one of the most significant Roman-era burial sites in Britain.

(Reuters) -In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, ...

Bite marks found on the pelvis of a skeleton discovered in a cemetery is the first archaeological proof of gladiator combat ...

Bite marks discovered on the skeleton of a gladiator in Roman-era England suggest the man faced off with a lion in the arena, ...

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