In the heart of Egypt's Sahara Desert, an extraordinary site known as Wadi Al-Hitan, or Whale Valley, has unveiled fossils ...

More than 200 animals of 19 different species march across the handle of this knife, which was crafted from flint and elephant ivory, sometime between 3300 and 3100 B.C.E., during Egypt's ...

NOVA: When Whales Could Walk Wednesday, July 16 at 10:00 pm In Egypt’s Sahara Desert, massive skeletons with strange skulls and gigantic teeth jut out from the sandy ground.... Read More ...

C A I R O, Egypt, Aug. 31 -- A tortoise laboriously pulls itself up toa thorny shrub in the arid desert, slowly plucking at theplant’s stems in an attempt to suck out any moisture.

See Ancient Cave Art Found in Egypt’s Sinai Desert The carvings, which depict animals including camels, leopards, cows and mules, may date back to 3000 B.C.

The now-extinct animals that were in the middle of that transition from land-based to sea-based animals are called Protocetidae. Reporting in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B , scientists ...

Horizon - 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret, will air on BBC 2 on Monday 11 May at 2100. More on this story. ... Pink Floyd's David Gilmour shares his Desert Island Discs.

Egypt's government has responded angrily to such criticism in the ... the fear is that the new plans will overlook poorer Egyptians and the huge variety of animals - from big cats to desert rats ...

By looking at images of animals in Egypt's archaeological record, scientists found that most extinctions over the last 6,000 years were linked to periods of big change in terms of climate and ...