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 ...

Valley of the Whales or Wadi Hitan is a fossil area in the northwest of the Wadi El-Rayan Reserve, dating back some 40 million years. These excavations are of fossilized structures of primitive whales ...

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 ...

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Fig 1. Skeletons of Basilosaurus isis (A; CGM 42195) and Dorudon atrox (B; CGM 42183 and UM 97512, 100146, 101215, 101222) from Wadi Al Hitan, Egypt, as exhibited at the University of Michigan. The ...

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In Egypt’s Wadi Al-Hitan, also called Whale Valley, over 400 fossilized whale skeletons lie preserved in the Sahara’s sand. These 37-million-year-old remains show how whales evolved from land mammals ...

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 ...

This long exposure photo taken on Dec. 26, 2025 shows the starry sky over the desert in Wadi Al-Hitan of Fayoum, Egypt. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) This long exposure photo taken on Dec. 26, 2025 shows the ...