Wadi Al-Hitan
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Wadi Al-Hitan (Arabic: , Whale Valley) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Western Desert of Egypt inscribed in 2005. It was selected due to its unique fossil record of the evolution of whales from a land based mammal to a water based one.
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Abu Mena | Islamic Cairo | Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur | Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae | Saint Catherine Area | Thebes with its Necropolis | Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
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