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Wadi El Hitan - Whale Valley - Egypt

The valley, situated in Fayoum, Egypt - around 200 Km from Cairo - is located in an area that, 40 millions years ago, was covered by the "Tethys sea". The discovery of fossil remains of a now extinct suborder of whales, the Archaeoceti, opened the doors to more details in the study of the evolution of whales.

This site has been added to UNESCO’s “World Heritage List”.
Direction sign to the valley
Direction sign to the valley		 Fossil remains of a Dorudon Atrox
Fossil remains of a Dorudon Atrox		 Fossile skeleton of a prehistoric whale
Fossile skeleton of a prehistoric whale		 Site panorama from an information hut
Site panorama from an information hut		 Rocks in the desert
Rocks in the desert		 Fossile skeleton
Fossile skeleton
Panorama of the valley
Panorama of the valley		 Detail of the sedimentary rocks
Detail of the sedimentary rocks		 Whale skeleton in the exact position where it was found
Whale skeleton in the exact position where it was found		 Skeleton detail
Skeleton detail		 Wadi El Hitan view
Wadi El Hitan view		 View from a rest hut
View from a rest hut

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