Egypt
Al Masry Al Youm
- Valley Of The Wales (wadi Al Hitan)
National Geographic Following on from Saturday's article about whale fossils from the Faiyum being held up at Egyptian customs, thanks very much to Helen Williams-Alden for letting me know about this recent set of lovely photographs on the National...
- Whale Fossil Stuck In Egypt Customs Wrangle
BBC News With photos Its name in Arabic is Wadi Hitan but it is known as the Valley of the Whales. For years archaeologists have been unearthing a remarkable collection of whale fossils, all the more surprising because the area is now inland desert in...
- Feature: Journeying To See Prehistoric Whales In The Faiyum
Heritage Key (Garry Shaw) With slideshow. If you're into long accounts of travel in four-wheel-drives then you'll find a lot to appeal to you in this article, which is mostly about whether or not the Wadi el Hitan (Valley of the Whales) is an...
- Valley Of The Whales - Wadi Al Hitan
Al Ahram Weekly (Mahmoud Bakr) In an event organised by the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated the Valley of the Whales Protected Area in Fayoum. The valley is part of the Wadi Al-Rayan Protected Area, 150km southeast of Cairo and...
- Wadi El-hitan
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2006/01jan/whale_valley.cfmAn article about the Eocene 406 whale fossils preserved in the Faiyum Depression at Wadi Hitan (Whale Valley), an area recently designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO: "The great expanse was...
Egypt
Largest whale skeleton found at Siwa oasis
Al Masry Al Youm
With photos. It looks as though these remains date to the same period (and were therefore probably part of the same coastline) as the Faiyum remains of whale, shark and mangrove in the Wadi el-Hitan (Valley of Whales).
The Environment Ministry announced on Monday that it had discovered the largest whale skeleton in the world, dating back 37 million years. The skeleton was found in the area of Siwa Oasis, which became a natural protectorate in 2002.
According to a statement from the Environment Ministry, the Egyptian Fossil Exploration Team found the skeleton during a collaboration with the University of Michigan that lead to the discovery of several important fossils.
The ministry also announced that 150 new palaeontological sites have recently been registered as excavation sites. Among the specimens contained in the sites are three different types of marine species, namely whales, dugongs, and giant sea turtles, as well as water snakes, and shark teeth.
- Valley Of The Wales (wadi Al Hitan)
National Geographic Following on from Saturday's article about whale fossils from the Faiyum being held up at Egyptian customs, thanks very much to Helen Williams-Alden for letting me know about this recent set of lovely photographs on the National...
- Whale Fossil Stuck In Egypt Customs Wrangle
BBC News With photos Its name in Arabic is Wadi Hitan but it is known as the Valley of the Whales. For years archaeologists have been unearthing a remarkable collection of whale fossils, all the more surprising because the area is now inland desert in...
- Feature: Journeying To See Prehistoric Whales In The Faiyum
Heritage Key (Garry Shaw) With slideshow. If you're into long accounts of travel in four-wheel-drives then you'll find a lot to appeal to you in this article, which is mostly about whether or not the Wadi el Hitan (Valley of the Whales) is an...
- Valley Of The Whales - Wadi Al Hitan
Al Ahram Weekly (Mahmoud Bakr) In an event organised by the Ministry of Environment, Mrs Suzanne Mubarak inaugurated the Valley of the Whales Protected Area in Fayoum. The valley is part of the Wadi Al-Rayan Protected Area, 150km southeast of Cairo and...
- Wadi El-hitan
http://www.aapg.org/explorer/2006/01jan/whale_valley.cfmAn article about the Eocene 406 whale fossils preserved in the Faiyum Depression at Wadi Hitan (Whale Valley), an area recently designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO: "The great expanse was...