Africa roughly two million years ago. Scientists have unearthed various P. robustus fossils, but because of the specimens’ age, they haven’t been able to glean much from them.Now, using a novel method ...

The best hotels in York for a history-filled city break - From Georgian mansions to Regency townhouses, York has some of the ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the purpose of a mysterious 1,500-year-old bucket at one of England’s most historic sites – and it wasn’t pleasant.

Soaring over Wiltshire's Salisbury Plain, this ancient stone circle is one of England’s most famous landmarks and among ... Towering high above York, this magnificent Gothic building is one of the ...

For the study, scientists revisited a set of human remains discovered in 2004 at a site called Driffield Terrace near York in northern England. There, archaeologists unearthed more than 80 ...

His remains were buried between 1,825 and 1,725 years ago in what archaeologists believe to be a “gladiator graveyard” — hundreds of miles from Rome — in York, England. The findings highli ...

Forget the Colosseum and what you've seen in the Gladiator film franchise - the latest evidence of ancient Roman brutality comes not from the heart of Italy, but from a quiet field in Yorkshire. A ...

Bite marks discovered on a Roman skeleton unearthed in York, England, constitute the first ... Located along the Roman road leading out of the ancient city of Eboracum (modern-day York ...

New analysis from the bones of an ancient gladiator discovered in York ... A Roman-era skeleton unearthed in York, England, has given archaeologists the first physical proof that gladiators ...

Tales of gladiators going head-to-head with ferocious lions in ancient Rome’s coliseum are legendary ... rather a Roman cemetery in York, England. It turns out that the city, famous for its massive ...

They also chemically analyzed the ancient Roman ... are not native to England, so it would have required considerable expense and effort to bring the animals all the way to York.