In the desert valley of Wadi al-Hitan , approximately 150 km southwest of Cairo , Arab Republic of Egypt has unveiled what it said is the Middle East's get-go museum dedicated to fossils that showcases an early on degree of whales , straight off extinct in addition to known equally the "walking whale." The sand-colored , dome-shaped Fossils in addition to Climate Change Museum was constructed on a grant of two billion euros from Italia , according to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Massari. The centerpiece of the museum is a 37-million-year-old in addition to 20-meter-long skeleton of a legged degree of whale that testifies to how modern-day whales evolved from province mammals. The Valley of the Whales' museum is also habitation to prehistoric tools used past times early on humans in addition to diverse whale fossils exhibited inwards drinking glass boxes corroborating the evolutionary transition of the early on whales from province to H2O creatures.
Wadi al-Hitan
The sand-colored , dome-shaped museum is barely discernible inwards the breathtaking desert landscape that stretches all around. Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
The largest intact Basulosaurus isis whale fossil , which is on display at the Wati El Hitan Fossils in addition to Climate Change Museum , on the opening hateful solar daytime , inwards the Fayoum oasis , Arab Republic of Egypt , Th , Jan fourteen , 2016. Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
Fossil of a sirenia (or "sea cow") is pictured inwards the natural reserve expanse of Wadi Al-Hitan , or the "Valley of the Whales" , at the desert of Al Fayoum Governorate , southwest of Cairo , Arab Republic of Egypt , Jan fourteen , 2016. Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell/AP Photo
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