This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...

From an exhibition that shows how the mighty Barbary lion was hunted into extinction and then exploited as a symbol of power by colonial powers to one that invites the viewer to reflect upon ...

In 1922, the very last wild Barbary lion was killed by a French hunter in Morocco. Barbary lions were a population of the lion subspecies Panthera leo leo. They once inhabited the mountains and ...

If you've visited the Museum before, you've likely wandered underneath Hope our blue whale ... Two impressive skulls from the extinct Barbary lion, Panthera leo leo, which were unearthed in 1937 in ...

One of his titles as Ethiopia's emperor was Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah ... Henry II of England when he was knighted in 1128. Barbary Lions were kept at the Tower of London from the ...