Whale Valley solves deep mystery

By Michael Turtle
Updated July 2 2021 - 3:21am, first published May 23 2020 - 12:00am
Checking out a basilosaurus fossil in the desert once covered in sea. Pictures: Michael Turtle
Checking out a basilosaurus fossil in the desert once covered in sea. Pictures: Michael Turtle

As I look around this hot and dusty Egyptian desert, orange sand and dry rock formations in every direction, it's hard to imagine water. But once upon a time, that's all there was here. Go back far enough - I'm talking many millions of years - and all of this would have been underwater, covered by a vast sea.

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