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Wednesday 19 May 2010

Valley of the Whales

I have chosen a very interesting and unusual area to visit for the final day of our tour, we will visit Al Fayoum Oases & the Valley of the Whales - Yes........ Egypt has been under water, and here at the Valley of the whales the skeletons of whales are found,This area contains around 400 fossilized skeletons of 40 million-year old whales, some of which had hind legs, as these mammals were still in the process of migrating back into the sea, Since July 2005 this has become a Unesco world heritage site. The valley of the whales is located behind a mountain that is known as Garet Gohannam, gara which means the mountain of hell! in the light of the setting sun, the mountain seems ablaze with an eerie red light

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVq8cgse0fk&feature=related