page_title: Natural History Museum of Nepal
section_title: Fossils
hierarchical_section_title: Natural History Museum of Nepal / Specimens / Fossils
caption_attribution_description: Atlas moth at a butterfly conservatory.
context_page_description: The Natural History Museum of Nepal is located near the World Heritage Site of Swayambhunath. The museum was established in 1975. Since then the museum has collected 50,000 specimens of Nepal’s flora and fauna.
context_section_description: The museum also some relics from the country's prehistoric times. There is a fossilized skull of the Archidiskodon, a species of elephant that roamed the  Sivalik Hills of Nepal. Another ancient specimen is the molar teeth of Sivapithecus, a hominoid. The skull and the teeth are believed to be from around 3 million years and 8-10 million years old respectively.
caption: Atlas moth
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