"Heaven, for the Bible, is the place that's over our heads," Irvin said. "It's the sky, and it's a place where God lives." From the earliest times, heaven has been up -- and that other place, down.

Heaven on Earth: Amazing salt flats where the sky and ground merge into one to create dreamy landscapes. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 06:01 EDT, 18 August 2011 ...

Most people think that heaven is a Christian idea. But in an excerpt from her new book, Lisa Miller shows that way before Jesus it was Jews who first came up with the idea.