An Ancient Shark Graveyard Has Been Found in The Egyptian Desert

(Anton Petrus/Moment/Getty Images) The desert sands of Egypt have been dry for thousands of years. As difficult as it is to picture now, however, much of that desert was once submerged beneath a sea that covered much of the northern perimeter of the African continent. Nor was it a dead sea – evidence suggests that, during the Cretaceous period, it may have been a tropical wonderland, where rising…