Tag Archive

Whale of a dilemma at Egypt’s Customs

By Ben Morales-Correa

One of the most exceptional fossil finds at Wadi Hitan is the only complete specimen from the species Basilosaurus Isis, a 37 million-year-old whale unearthed by a team led by Prof Philip Gingerich of the University of Michigan in the United States. For the past two years Prof Gingerich and his team have been painstakingly... »



People are talking about

Africa akhenaten Alexandria Amarna Amenhotep III ancient egyptian religion antiquities Archaeology Aswan british museum cairo economy Education egyptian museum Egyptology environment Fayoum giza hatshepsut islam Luxor Metropolitan Museum of Art Middle East mummies mummy museum Nefertiti Nile Nubia Old Kingdom Pharaoh Pyramid Red Sea Saqqara Sharm el-Sheikh Sinai Peninsula stolen antiquities Supreme Council of Antiquities tomb Tourism tutankhamen Tutankhamun Valley of the Kings women Zahi Hawass