"The moms seemed more engaged in the event itself, more focused on chatting with teachers, viewing student work and touring the school, " Clay says, even though many of them hold jobs outside of the home.

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Even if they make a clay model, as opposed to doing it, say, in virtual reality, they do it with electronics that can cut the clay in a matter of hours, and if they have a change, they can blend, electronically, the two designs and come up with an all-new one and have another clay model ready overnight.

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The actual tomb itself has yet to be excavated, but scientists are exploring its contents using remote sensing technology and believe it is crammed with even greater treasures awaiting discovery, including clay figurines of workers, animals, bronze chariots and other items he would have needed in his afterlife.

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Nadal's first three tournaments back after missing seven months have been on clay the best surface even before the injury for the seven-time French Open champ.

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Put Nadal on a wet clay court with Djokovic or even Gulbis, Roger Federer, or Tomas Berdych and he could suffer.

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But even as that celebration ensues, family scion William Clay Ford Jr. urgently needs to map out what the next few decades might look like.

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Having high expectations for even huge numbers of seeds to sprout when thrown on untilled land or clay, without any water, is probably going to lead to disappointment.

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This is thanks in part to the climate and in part to the soil, a mixture of limestone and clay and thousands of fossilized oyster shells (a wine snob could probably even name the type of oyster).

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