York

  • York Gladiators Redux

    The BBC has a very nice little slideshow of some of the skeletons from that dig at York which are claimed to be of gladiating victims. There’s actually some good stuff here, and since I can’t really embed the slideshow, I do want to make some comments (the numbers refer to the slide): 1. 60…

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  • Image via Wikipedia Brief item from York Press: A SKELETON – thought to be the remains of a Roman gladiator – has gone on display in York. The skeleton is on display at the Jorvik Viking Centre from today. It is one of 80 skeletons unearthed in the city by York Archaeological Trust over the…

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