Wadi El Hitan
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| UNESCO Site Id | 1186 |
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| Locations | Faiyum Governorate |
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| Area | 2001549460 |
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| ID | 1241105 |
About Wadi El Hitan
Wadi Al-Hitan, is a paleontological site in the Faiyum Governorate of Egypt, some 150 km southwest of Cairo. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in July 2005 for its hundreds of fossils of some of the earliest forms of whale, the archaeoceti.
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