UNESCO WHS - Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - World Heritage Sites in Eqypt - Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) - وادي الحيتان - Wadi Al-Hitan, Whale Valley, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales. These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal. This is the most important site in the world for the demonstration of this stage of evolution. It portrays vividly the form and life of these whales during their transition. The number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique. The fossils of Al-Hitan show the youngest archaeocetes, in the last stages of losing their hind limbs. Name: Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) Country: Eqypt Location: Faiyum Governorate Inscription: 2005 Category: Natural (viii) Unesco Ref: 1186 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the site.