1.25.2008 ---> The Great Void, Mysterious Space, Dreams, and Ordinary Life ...

Hundreds of thousands of particles were pulled by Jupiter's gravity rather than being spread out through space during the formation of our solar system. These small planets, or asteroids, are the products of the protoplanetary disc's dense rings of gas surrounding a newly formed star.

Most asteroids orbit within an area between Jupiter and Mars known as the asteroid belt. These mostly small objects look like tiny specks of light from earth, if they are visible at all. In addition, the asteroid belts(or rings, rather) surrounding Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are suspects of planet(s) or satellites that were disintegrated by the mass gravity pull of the large planets themselves. For years scientists tried to identify specific asteroids, but it wasn't until 1801 when Giuseppe Piazzi identified the first asteroid: 1 Ceres. As of April 2006, 330,795 asteroids have been named! And we are constantly finding more. No one knows exactly how many are there and the single(unit) asteroids themselves constantly break into smaller pieces by gravity of the universe.

The possible impact of asteroids and comets with the Earth's surface could be catastrophic. We need only refer to the extinction of dinosaurs to illustrate this reality. Scientists have made efforts to more closely observe asteroids and detect possible threats. Beginning with the first close-up images in 1991 by the probe Galileo, we continue to make new efforts of discovery. The three most potentially dangerous groups of asteroids to earth are Apollos, Amors, and Atens. We are also able to learn about asteroid impact from the effects they have had on other planets and their satellites.

~ ! One-in-Six-Billion Miracle ! ~ Doctors said.

1.14.2008 ---> Gold Diggers and Tomb Raiders.

Treasures from a Tomb
The main purpose of the pyramids was to safeguard the pharaoh's bodies. Granite doors, false passages, trapped floors, and empty burial rooms were construsted in an attempt to confuse the treasure hunters. However, in spite of all these precautions, nearlly all the pyramids were robbed of their wealth by around 1000B.C.. The top God of the pyramids are: Osirus, God of the dead. Isis, wife of Osiris and goddess of the dead. Ra, sun god. Anubus, god of embalming.

The Egyptians believed that life after death was very similar to life on earth. Their dead, therefore, had to be protected and presereved for the next life. The pyramid's job was to protect the body. To preserve the body, a precess known as mummification was developed around 2600B.C.. Mummification may take as long as 70 days. First the brain was removed(from the nostrils!) Next the other ital organs were taken out. They were put in seperate tightly sealed jars except the brain. The Egyptians threw away the brain of a dead person becuase they didn't know what it was. They thought it was the heart that did all the thinking. The body was then dried out for about 40 days in the sun. The Egyptions used a salt compuond called natron to do this. In the next stage,the body was embalmed. That means it was treated with molten resin and perfumed oils. Finally, the body was wrapped in linen bandages.

The mummy of Nesmutaatneru's bandaging took about 2 weeks and about 410 yards of linen; the length from the top to the bottom of the Empire State Building.

Pharaoh Tutankhamun became king when was nine years old (1333B.C.). Ten years later he died. King Tut's is the only royal burial in the Valley of the Kings that was practically undesturbed by the robbers. In 1922, after many years of excavating , the archeaologist Howard Carter found a sealed entrance to Tut's tomb. In the first room were thrones, vases, chariots, statues, jewelry, and ostrich-feather fans among other item. Four coffins protected the mummy. The third was made of 2,500 pounds of gold. It is estimated the gold used for that third coffins costs USD $13,000,000 in today's monetary rate.

Mummies tell us about life in ancient Egypt. For example the decayed teeth in many mummies suggest that ancient Egyptians, like many people today, eat too much sweet.

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