Minrelica
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Before there was boxing, before there was the cage fighting, and even before the fake wresteling soap operas on tv, there was a form of fighting entertainment that to this day is far more dramatic and exciting than any we of this modern age could develop.
The ancient roman gladiators, they were the roughest toughest and apparently some of the most frequently killed.
In northern England, the signs are mounting that they have discovered an ancient roman gladiator cemetery. The reasons are that there are skeletons that have clearly been beheaded, broken bones abound. This by itself may be signs of other sightings, but then they found many with teeth marks.
It appears to be bite mark from large and powerful animals. Kurt Hunter-Mann, the lead archeologist on the sight mentuioned that it was an amazing find and that the bite marks sum it up because, "It would seem highly unlikely that this individual was attacked by a tiger as he was walking home from the pub in York 2,000 years ago,".
Another strong set of evidence is that the skeletons showed that one arm was signfigantly larger then the other indicating that they trained with single handed weapons from a young age.
It appears aswell that the men burried here were from all over the roman empire, just like a traveling sports team.
The evidence stacks up, and although they are still studying and looking for more evidence, they are particulary excited. This is primarily because this will be the most intact gladiator burial ground ever discovered.
Along with the bodies, they also discovered that there was a large set of ancient religious objects buried with them along with food indicating a honorary burial.
The objects they found there were so well buried that they are some of the most preserved objects of the time period ever discovered.
http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/Roman-Gladiator-Cemetary-found-in-York.aspx
For links to other articles I've written,
http://rlwoodsiii.blogspot.com/
for the original article and a video interview with Kurt Hunter-Man
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/...
The ancient roman gladiators, they were the roughest toughest and apparently some of the most frequently killed.
In northern England, the signs are mounting that they have discovered an ancient roman gladiator cemetery. The reasons are that there are skeletons that have clearly been beheaded, broken bones abound. This by itself may be signs of other sightings, but then they found many with teeth marks.
It appears to be bite mark from large and powerful animals. Kurt Hunter-Mann, the lead archeologist on the sight mentuioned that it was an amazing find and that the bite marks sum it up because, "It would seem highly unlikely that this individual was attacked by a tiger as he was walking home from the pub in York 2,000 years ago,".
Another strong set of evidence is that the skeletons showed that one arm was signfigantly larger then the other indicating that they trained with single handed weapons from a young age.
It appears aswell that the men burried here were from all over the roman empire, just like a traveling sports team.
The evidence stacks up, and although they are still studying and looking for more evidence, they are particulary excited. This is primarily because this will be the most intact gladiator burial ground ever discovered.
Along with the bodies, they also discovered that there was a large set of ancient religious objects buried with them along with food indicating a honorary burial.
The objects they found there were so well buried that they are some of the most preserved objects of the time period ever discovered.
http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/Roman-Gladiator-Cemetary-found-in-York.aspx
For links to other articles I've written,
http://rlwoodsiii.blogspot.com/
for the original article and a video interview with Kurt Hunter-Man
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/...
