Where ancient oceans meet the stars

Star trails circling Polaris, the North Star, aligned with the dome of the Fossil and Climate Change Museum in Fayoum.

At the heart of Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lie fossils of ancient whales that lived around 40 million years ago, telling the story of their evolution from land mammals to ocean dwellers.

Here, the stars trace time above a land that preserves Earth's distant past.

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