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Sunday, December 31, 2006
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Pyramids lined up with the stars !
Ancient Egyptian astronomers aligned the pyramids due north by using two stars that circle the celestial polar point.
Nearly 4,500 years ago, each star was about 10 degrees from the celestial pole which lay directly between them. When one star was exactly above the other in the sky, astronomers could find a line that pointed due north.
But the alignment was only true for a few years around 2,500 BC. Before and after that time, the stars deviated from the north-south line and anyone using the stars to plot a direction would have made errors.
And it is these mistakes that a British Egyptologist now believes can be used to estimate very accurately when the pyramids were built. Her theory suggests that the Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed within 10 years of 2,480 BC.
Nearly 4,500 years ago, each star was about 10 degrees from the celestial pole which lay directly between them. When one star was exactly above the other in the sky, astronomers could find a line that pointed due north.
But the alignment was only true for a few years around 2,500 BC. Before and after that time, the stars deviated from the north-south line and anyone using the stars to plot a direction would have made errors.
And it is these mistakes that a British Egyptologist now believes can be used to estimate very accurately when the pyramids were built. Her theory suggests that the Great Pyramid at Giza was constructed within 10 years of 2,480 BC.
"We know that the ancient Egyptians were extremely interested in the night sky, particularly the circumpolar stars," she told the BBC.
"These circle around the North Pole, and as you can always see them, the Egyptians always referred to them as 'The Indestructibles'.
"As a result, they became closely associated with eternity and the king's afterlife. So that after death, the king would hope to join the circumpolar stars - and that's why the pyramids were laid out towards them."
"These circle around the North Pole, and as you can always see them, the Egyptians always referred to them as 'The Indestructibles'.
"As a result, they became closely associated with eternity and the king's afterlife. So that after death, the king would hope to join the circumpolar stars - and that's why the pyramids were laid out towards them."
Friday, December 29, 2006
Egyptian Nobel Prize winners !
President, Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat, Nobel Prize for Peace, 1978
"For contribution to the two frame agreements on peace in the Middle East, and on peace between Egypt and Israel, which were signed at Camp David on September 17, 1978."
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"who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind".
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Ahmed Zewail , Nobel Prize for Chemistry , 1999"for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy"
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Mohamed ElBaradei,Nobel prize for Peace,2005
"for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"
Mohamed El-Baradei ..a pride for Egyptians
Mohamed El-Baradei (born June 17, 1942, Egypt) is the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an inter-governmental organization under the auspices of the United Nations. El-Baradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.El-Baradei earned a Bachelor degree in Law from the University of Cairo in 1962 and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. His diplomatic career began in 1964 in the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign affairs, where he served on two occasions in the Permanent Missions of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva. In 1980 he became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
Since 1984, El-Baradei has been a senior member of the IAEA Secretariat, holding a number of high-level positions. Before his current position of Director General, he has been the agency's legal adviser (1984 to 1993) and Assistant Director General for External Relations (1993 to 1997).
El-Baradei is also a member of the International Law Association and the American Society of International Law. He is married to Aida El-Kachef, a kindergarten teacher at Vienna International School, and has two children, Laila and Mostafa.
El-Baradei has served as the Director General for the IAEA for two terms since December 1, 1997, and is now set for a third term after the current US administration reluctantly reversed its opposition to him in June 2005.
2005 Nobel Peace Prize: The International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief Mohamed El Baradei were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005. Mr. El Baradei and the agency will share the prize.
The chairman of the committee, Ole Danbold Mjos, announced the winner beneath crystal chandeliers in a small vaulted room on the third floor of the Norwegian Nobel Institute. The winner was chosen from nearly 200 nominees, a record for the prize, first awarded in 1901. Front-runners are believed to have included people as diverse as Finnish peace mediator Martti Ahtissari, anti-nuclear activist and Nagasaki survivor Senji Yamaguchi and Irish rock singer Bono. The prize is one of five Nobel Prizes endowed by the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who said in his will that the prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
At the time that Mr. Nobel stipulated the terms of the prizes, Norway and Sweden were politically united. The other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden.
President Hosni Mubarak hosted a ceremony on Tuesday February 7 in honor of Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Mohamed al-Baradei for being awarded the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.
The President handed al-Baradei the Nile Collar, the highest ranking of all Egyptian decorations. It is known to be granted exclusively to kings, heads of state and those who render great services at the national and human levels in general.
The Airbus A380 ''SuperJumbo'' !
The new Airbus A380 superjumbo is the largest commercial airliner ever built.With 49 percent more floor space than a 747, the A380 is being designed to carry only 35 percent more passengers in a three-class seating arrangement. This would allow airlines to provide "cruise ship facilities" on board, such as shops, sleeper cabins, day care center, business center, and a gymnasium.On the other hand, an all-coach-class configuration could cram more than 800 passengers into an extended version of the plane.
in spite of its more powerful engines, the A380 will make less noise than its closest competitor, the Boeing 747. The noise dampening is thanks to new engine and wing technology, Airbus says. The company says the plane's fuel consumption will be 2.9 liters (0.76 gallon) per passenger per 100 kilometers (60 miles). "The Airbus A380 will generate about half of the noise of a 747-400 [the biggest of the 747s], for example, and is also more fuel efficient than a small car," said David Velupillai, a spokesperson for Airbus in Toulouse. "It is able to do this through a host of new technology—newer, more efficient engines from either Rolls-Royce or Engine Alliance [a joint venture of General Electric and Pratt & Whitney], better aerodynamic design, and the use of newer and lighter materials." Airbus Cabin Showroom ! Check this out ! http://www.airbus.com/cabin-showroom/preview/index.jsp?article=0 
Happy Feast and Merry Christmas
this year we have Muslims Adha Feast coming at the same time with the Christmas celebrations !
So I wish you all
a Happy Adha Feast !
a Merry Christmas !
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