Painted alabaster unguent jar showing hunting scene, with the king as a lion, from the tomb of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered in the Valley of the Kings, Thebes, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo) yawning, Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo), Masai Mara, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo), Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Africa

Two wet striated caracara (Phalcoboenus australis) in front of a colony of king cormorants, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

King cormorant (Imperial cormorant) (Phalacrocorax atriceps) portrait, Rockhopper Point, Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Ruins of King Kassapa's Palace in front of the view from of Sigiriya Rock Fortress (Lion Rock), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Ruins of King Kassapa's Palace at the top of Sigiriya Rock Fortress (Lion Rock), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Asia

Lion (Panthera leo) flehming, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

A male lion (Panthera leo) with its cubs, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Equestrian statue of King Stephen I, Matthias Church, Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Equestrian statue of King Stephen I, Matthias Church, Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Statue of King Stephen I and Matthias Church at dusk, Fishermans Bastion, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Lion Rock, a promontory which has inspired the Walt Disney movie The Lion King, Lualenyi, Tsavo Conservation Area, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Equestrian statue of King Stephen I, Matthias Church, Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Lioness and cub on the Lion Rock, a promontory which has inspired the Disney movie The Lion King, Lualenyi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Lioness and cub on the Lion Rock, a promontory which has inspired the Disney movie The Lion King, Lualenyi, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

The Lion Temple, one of the Meroitic temples of Naqa, the carved reliefs depict King Natakamani in the company of gods Horus and Apedemak, Naqa, Sudan, Africa

Temple of Apademak (the lion-god), erected in the 1st century AD by King Natekamani, Old Temple of Naga, The Kingdom of Meroe, Sudan, Africa

Temple of Apademak (the lion-god), erected in the 1st century AD by King Natekamani, Old Temple of Naga, The Kingdom of Meroe, Sudan, Africa

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

Between the villages of Nyaung U and Wetkyi-in, Buddhist monk standing by stone lion standing at rear entrance to Shwezigon Paya, first built by King Anawrahta and completed by King Kyansittha in 1087, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Lion. Panthera leo. Male sniffing the air. Botswana

Lion. Panthera leo. Male portrait. Botswana

Lion. Panthera leo. Male portrait. Botswana

Lion. Panthera leo. Male portrait. Botswana

Between the villagesof Nyaung U and Wetkyi-in, Shwezigon Paya first built by King Anawrahta and completed by King Kyansittha in 1087, Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Lion. Panthera leo. Male portrait. Botswana

Musical Theatre Lion King, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

Grave of Elias Mauromichalis, 1800-1836, Greek officer, adjutant of King Otto of Greece, Alter Suedfriedhof, old cemetery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Nana sculpture in front of the tent of the musical The Lion King in the Hamburg harbor, rear view, in the back the St. Michaelis church, Landungsbruecken jetties, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Nana sculpture in front of the tent of the musical The Lion King in the Hamburg harbor, rear view, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Theatre for the musical "The Lion King", at night in the free port of Hamburg on the Elbe River, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Nana sculpture in front of the tent of the musical The Lion King in the Hamburg harbor, rear view, in the back the St. Michaelis church, Landungsbruecken jetties, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Tent of the musical The Lion King, Hamburg, Germany

Cougar On A Log

Lion (Panthera Leo) With Big Mane Laying In Tall Green Grass

Tourists on the lion's staircase going to the summit of the Lion's rock, former capitale of king Kasyapa from 477 to 495. Sirigiya. Sri-Lanka.

Tourists on the staircase going to the summit of the Lion's rock, former capitale of king Kasyapa from 477 to 495. Sirigiya. Sri-Lanka.

The gardens of the capital (477-495) of king Kasyapa viewed from the top of the Lion's rock. Sirigiya. Sri-Lanka.