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Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils
Shark teethShark teeth

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0), Dominik Vogt (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Eocene whale fossils

Wadi Al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) is a UNESCO-listed documented Eocene archaeocete whale fossil site.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Desert heat, remote terrain

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