🌟 [ 52 ]   Morocco celebrates history of beloved Atlas lion [ @AP Archive ]

(17 Jan 2023) MOR ATLAS LIONS SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 3:07 ASSOCIATED PRESS Rabat, Morocco - 13 January 2023 1. Various of mummified lion’s head on display at exhibition 2. Various of lions’ skulls 3. Visitors at the exhibition 4. Various of fossilized bones 5. Conference on history of Atlas lion in Morocco called: The echoes of a millennial roar 6. Various fossils at exhibition 7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohamed Fakhaoui, director of the Scientific Institute in Rabat: The original lion had a large mane that covered all of his abdomen. It was the most beautiful lion on earth. Unfortunately it disappeared from the wild, but thank God, today’s excellent initiative shows that it was roaming in Morocco. This lets people know that there was a special animal that had a role in its environment. Thirdly, this initiative shows that we carry out scientific research in our country. 8. Various of lions in their enclosure 9. Culture Minister Mehdi Bensaid and Energy Transition Minister Leila Benali after signing of convention on protection of geological findings 10. SOUNDBITE (French) Mehdi Bensaid, Culture Minister: The idea is to simply devote more efforts to encourage scientists to go for more discoveries and to look into history that is linked to other important economic sectors such as cultural tourism and archeological tourism. As you know, countries that have invested in knowing their past through this kind of research attract a lot of visitors and have tourism circuits that show their history. That is what we are trying to develop today through exhibitions, by showing the archeological wealth of the kingdom. Today, we are talking about the Atlas lion and its existence in our country. Tomorrow, we may talk about other species such as dinosaurs. 11. Various of lions in their enclosure 12. Mummified lion’s head on display at exhibition STORYLINE: The mummified head of a lion looked dow .

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