Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 134, February 2016, pp. 1-44.

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A Scientific Visit to Wadi El-Hitan (Whales
Valley), Al-Fayyum, Al-Sahraa Al-Gharbiah
(Western Desert), Egypt
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher
Khalaf-Sakerfalke von Jaffa
I visited Wadi El-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) at Wadi Al-Rayyan in Al-Fayyum
Governorate, Al-Sahraa Al-Gharbiah (Western Desert) in Egypt, accompanied
with my beloved wife Ola Mostafa Khalaf and my beloved daughter Nora
Norman Ali Khalaf on Wednesday 11th July 2012.
We saw and studied some Whale fossils which belong to the Whale species
Basilosaurus isis and Dorudon atrox; Shark teeth, the Short-toothed Sawfish,
Nummulites and the Teredo shipworm burrow fossils.

Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher Khalaf-von Jaffa at Wadi El-Hitan (Whales
Valley), Al-Fayyum, Western Desert, Egypt. 11.07.2012. Photo by: Ola Mostafa Khalaf.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 134 – February 2016