The glinting in the sides of the hills are spills of fossilised pearly shells from an ancient sea.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Wadi Hitan - the Valley of the Whales
This location is quite close to Cairo and with an extra day can be included in a Black Desert and White Desert Safari. The 'whales' are Eocene amphibians, and huge skeletons of their spines weather out of rocky outcrops. There are dozens of very tiny sharks' teeth lying thickly in the sand in some locations.
The glinting in the sides of the hills are spills of fossilised pearly shells from an ancient sea.
The glinting in the sides of the hills are spills of fossilised pearly shells from an ancient sea.
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