However, if a new dent appears or the shape of the skull changes, this could be a sign of an underlying condition. Below are some other potential causes. Skull fractures occur due to a blow or ...

New forensic analysis of a skeleton found in York reveals fatal injuries likely caused by a lion attack, shedding light on the brutal world of Roman arena combat far from the Colosseum. The remains, ...

A face that belonged to an "alien skull" has been revealed for the first time 1,500 years later after scientists were able to reconstruct it. Found in the 1970s in the village of Dully ...

The Skeleton Key is one of the most useful Daedric Artifacts in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — instead of a weapon or a piece of armor, the Skeleton Key is a powerful lockpick that never breaks.

Bite marks on a Roman-era skeleton found in York are the first physical evidence gladiators fought animals, experts have said. Teeth imprints from a large cat were found on the pelvis of a man ...

There are old newspaper articles, photographs and, most famously, the complete skeleton of Snippy the horse, whose bizarrely butchered body generated international interest when it was found in 1967.

It is a predator and is likely the largest carnivore to have lived, based on the measurements of its skull. “Basilosaurus – Ancient ... One species of this animal is the Smilodon. The Smilodon is the ...

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Modern forensic techniques found that the teeth behind the marks probably belonged to a large feline, and the part of the skeleton that had been in the creature’s mouth further indicated it must ...

NASA scientists have been left baffled after the Perseverance rover captured a bizarre image on Mars that looks eerily like a skull perched on a hilltop. Dubbed "Skull Hill" by the team ...

Archaeologists have analysed a skeleton from a probable "gladiator graveyard" in the UK, and found bite marks from a big cat such as a lion or tiger. It's the first physical evidence of gladiator ...