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As the chapel of the Tower of London installs an elevator, researchers are uncovering the lives of those who lived and died ...
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The menagerie closed in the 1830s and the royal gifts were re-homed in the London Zoo. As a nod to this history, the tower exhibits animal sculptures by artist Kendra Haste.
For more than 600 years, the Tower was also home to the Royal Menagerie. Inside the menagerie, animals such as elephants, leopards and even a tame Bengal tiger named Harry roamed freely. The Tower of ...
So, two more ravens, Henry and Poe will join the existing menagerie including Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar and Chaos at the Tower of London, where they are cared for by the Ravenmaster YW ...
New productions of Shakespeare’s “Richard II,” Annie Ernaux’s “The Years,” Robert Icke’s “Manhunt,” Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie,” and more.
Two lion skulls unearthed at the Tower of London have been dated to Medieval times, shedding light on the lost institution of the "Royal Menagerie". It also shows the relationship between England's ...
The royal menagerie in the Tower of London housed animals like lions, kangaroos, monkeys, and even elephants. It remained in operation until Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington ordered its ...
The tiger, meanwhile, was sold to a menagerie in the West Midlands, where it again proved its cage-breaking skills by smashing into the one next door and killing a lion.
The Tower of London's Menagerie got started in 1235 when the Holy Roman Emperor gave England's Henry III three leopards; over its history it housed an array of animals from polar bears and lions ...