How did whales end up in a desert? Egypt’s 40-million-year-old ‘Valley of the Whales’ reveals the answer

Hitan, or “Valley of the Whales,” fossilised whale skeletons lie exposed beneath the sun. Their vertebrae stretch across the ...

Whales in the Egyptian desert? Why is Egypt's Wadi al-Hitan desert called the 'Valley of the Whales'?

Wadi al-Hitan, Egypt's Whale Valley, showcases evolution's transition of whales from land to sea. This UNESCO World Heritage site, 160 km southwest of Cairo, reveals hundreds of Archaeoceti fossils, ...