By Stephen Beech A new species of extinct whale that inhabited seas covering present-day Egypt has been named after the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun. The 41 million-year-old fossil was unearthed near Faiyum, a city around 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Cairo, by an international team of scientists. With a length of around eight feet (2.5 meters) and an estimated body […]

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