9 years ago
Colosseum killing machine reconstructed after more than 1,500 years
For the first time, experts recreate one of the 28 timber machines that hoisted wild animals into the Colosseum, where they were pitted against gladiators and each other. They hoisted up tens of thousands of terrified wild animals to the blood-soaked sands of the Colosseum. Now, more than 1,500 years after the last fights between lions, leopards and bears, one of the ingenious wooden machines that carried the beasts to certain death...
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