As the faithful across the globe mourned the life of Pope Francis last week, the focus now shifts to selecting the 267th pope to lead the nearly 1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide. That decision ...

The equality watchdog has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret last week’s landmark Supreme Court judgement. Britain’s top judges unanimously ruled on April 15 that ...

Britain is set to bask in a a mini-heatwave ... temperatures will sharply climb to about 22-23C. The warm weather should last until at least the end of next week because of a blocked weather ...

I would like to remind my fellow Guyanese of the most important values that they need in any effort that we make to achieve the best of our lives, for our own good, for the good of our countrymen ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of combat between a human and a lion in ancient Rome. This discovery, published in ...

“The study contributes a vital new dimension to our knowledge of Roman Britain, reinforcing the region’s deep connection to the empire’s entertainment traditions,” it says. “These ...

This oil painting by French artist Firmin Didot (1764-1836) depicts human-animal combat in ancient Rome. New evidence shows it likely occurred as far away as Roman Britain. Credit: Public Domain ...

Most had been decapitated after death, a practice possibly associated with gladiator burials in Roman Britain. Written records and artworks have documented fights between armed performers and ...

Left: From the research paper: Unique osteological evidence for human-animal gladiatorial combat in Roman Britain. Right: The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons ...

"As a major city in Britain and the home of a legion, Roman York would almost certainly have had at least one amphitheatre," Pearce said. However, the amphitheater's exact location is unclear.

The Roman occupation of parts of Britain ended in AD 410. Credit: North Wind Picture Archives In the spring of 367 CE, Roman Britain was besieged from all sides and by all kinds of forces.

CAMBRIDGE, England — Extreme weather, not just barbarian hordes, may have helped bring down Roman Britain. A brutal three-year drought ... are vetted by our editors prior to publication and include ...