“Wadi Al-Hitan, in the Western Desert of Egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, Archaeoceti. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal.”
This “outdoor desert museum” is peaceful, beautiful, and very informative.
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Caretaker areas like this are around the entrance section of Valley of the Whales.
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We encountered a few people including this young boy at the site.
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One of the guides
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I have no idea what this is but found it interesting enough to photograph and to post.
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Taken from inside one of the small buildings.
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The indoor museum.
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