Individual UNESCO Research Historic Cairo: The Wadi Al Hitan or the whale valley
The Wadi Al Hitan or the whale valley is a natural property that was inscribed in the world heritage list in the year 2005. This valley contains valuable remains of early and extinct fossils of archaeoceti and Whales. The fossils contained in this valley are very valuable in demonstrating the process of evolution and emergence of whales as ocean mammal rather than the land mammals. The fossils found in this this valley display the many forms and the life of the early species of whales in the transition period of their evolution (UNESCO, 2013).
This is the only area ...