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Panthera Leo Collection

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Barbary lion skull

Barbary lion skull
Oldest UK skull of a North African Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, dated to 1280-1385. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lion skull viewed from the front

Lion skull viewed from the front
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lions in debris, 1944. The Natural History Museum, London

Lions in debris, 1944. The Natural History Museum, London
The flying bomb of 11 July 1944 followed one on 5 July, and together the two did a great deal of damage, as can be seen here in the Lower Mammal Gallery

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from left side

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from left side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Detail shot of partially infilled foramen magnum lion skull

Detail shot of partially infilled foramen magnum lion skull
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from right side

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from right side
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Panthera leo, lion

Panthera leo, lion
Lion skull viewed from the rear. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Casts of artifacts from Czech Republic

Casts of artifacts from Czech Republic
Ivory running lion, ivory ornamant and a lionesss head in fired clay; all 25, 000 - 30, 000 years old (Upper Palaeolithic) from Dolni Vestonice, Czech Republic

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lion

Lion
Drawing by Alfred Waterhouse for the ornamentation of the Natural History Museum, London, 1875-1876. Waterhouse designed the museum in the 1860s, and it first opened its doors on Easter Monday 1881

Background imagePanthera Leo Collection: Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from the front

Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from the front
Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s, now in the collections at the Natural History Museum


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