How do whales get into the desert? Egypt’s 40-million-year-old “Valley of Whales” reveals the answer | World News
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March 9, 2026
Fossilized whale bones are exposed to the sun in Wadi Al-Hitan (also known as the “Valley of the Whales”) in the heart of the Egyptian desert. Their vertebrae stretch in long, curved lines across the sand, as if the water has just receded.…