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WADI AL-HITAN: VALLEY OF THE WHALES

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Author: FossilHuntress
Date: 2025-11-15 14:59:00
Blog: ARCHEA
URL: https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2025/11/wadi-al-hitan-valley-of-whales.html

Summary:

Egypt’s Eocene limestones captivate geologists and paleontologists from around the world. These pale, fossil-rich rocks hold the story of an ancient sea and the remarkable creatures that once swam through it.Modern fieldwork in the Fayum Depression, Wadi Al-Hitan — the Valley of the Whales — and the outcrops near Giza and Cairo is revealing how the shoreline of the Tethys Ocean shifted over

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