Forget what you know about museums. What if you could walk through a 40-million-year-old ocean floor, now baking under the desert sun?
Welcome to Wadi El Hitan (the Valley of the Whales), one of the world’s most incredible and unique UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Located 150 km southwest of Cairo, this protected valley in the Fayoum desert isn’t just a site—it’s a time machine.
Here, the skeletons of giant, prehistoric whales lie on the sand, perfectly preserved, telling an astonishing story of evolution. It’s an open-air museum unlike anywhere else on Earth.
