In the desert stillness of Egypt’s Wadi El-Hitan (also known as Wadi Al-Hitan), a group of stargazers knelt on the cooling Fayoum sands as Mohammed Hassan’s green laser sliced through the ink-black ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). Ancient Egyptian history is brought to life by a cast of thousands, from Tutankhamun’s gilded death mask to the pyramids’ enigmatic ...

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Some places take much of their beauty from their secluded location, far from the bustle and noise of city life. Whether they are world famous or well-kept secrets, they manage to maintain that sense ...

Wadi El-Hitan, or the Valley of the Whales, located in Fayoum governorate southwest of Cairo, is famous for being an open-air museum of 40-million-year-old whale fossils. As the sun goes down, the ...

Wadi El-Hitan, or Whale Valley, preserves hundreds of fossilized whales dating back 37 million years. These skeletons document the transition from land mammals to fully aquatic whales, making the site ...

Skulls of two Basilosaurus Whales are displayed at the Wadi Al-Hitan Fossil and Climate Change Museum in the natural reserve area of Wadi Al-Hitan, or the "Valley of the Whales", at the desert of Al ...

An American palaeontologist says he and a team of Egyptians have found what could be the most complete fossilised skeleton of the 40 million year old whale Basilosaurus isis in Egypt's Western Desert.

Palaeontologists in Egypt have unearthed an extinct species of whale that lived 41 million years ago when whale ancestors were just completing their move from land to sea. The team has dubbed the ...

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