Talking Pyramids: Ancient Egyptian Pyramids

Lots of Tutankhamun news today, including a King Tut martini with 24-karat gold flecks in it! Whatever next. Also, keep an eye out for the VOCAB tweets over the next few days which are about the Four Sons of Horus this week.

• PHOTOS: An assortment of Pyramids of Egypt: http://bit.ly/718pX8 #
• Tutankhamun: gambling on the bling king's golden touch: http://bit.ly/68bMNz #
• The Quick 10: Nine Victims of King Tut’s Curse (and one who should have been): http://bit.ly/7J7Q37 #
• The King Tut Martini – its flashy looks are thanks to flecks of real 24-karat gold: http://bit.ly/5a0z6m #
• Albany museum expanding exhibit with new mummies: http://bit.ly/79wNmp #
• Prepare your Sims for a World of Adventure in Egypt – now available for the Mac: http://bit.ly/7v8VIX #
• Howard Marks discovers the Viagra of old Egypt – ex-drug smuggler seeks out and smokes the blue lilly near the Nile: http://bit.ly/4tFyeu #
• PHOTO: Dr. Hawass in the tunnel in the tomb of Seti I in the Valley of the Kings. Where will it end? http://bit.ly/4TAoij #
• VOCAB: (MdC): qbH-snw.f, (English): Qebehsenuef, (Hieroglyphs): http://bit.ly/4EZiYg
• Horus the Child Egypt 664-342 BCE Bronze with Silver Inlay http://snaptweet.com/0a5ec (from @mharrsch
  ) #
• VIDEO: How Did King Tut Die? From Dr Zahi Hawass: http://bit.ly/5cTW0J #
• Oriental Institute's Splendors of the Nile: A visit to Karnak Temple: http://bit.ly/6LNqHl #
• Treasure of the Nubians on the Nile: http://bit.ly/4QzzIo #
• A Secret Voyage? Zahi Hawass at the British Museum, London in December: http://bit.ly/7e2VoY #
• Prehistoric Super Crocodiles, 'SuperCrocs', Found in Sahara: http://bit.ly/5E8R9Y #
• VIDEO: Pyramid texts acted as roadmaps to resurrection for the Egyptian pharaohs: http://bit.ly/7d3Kj3 #
• Emily Teeter met the king when she was a PhD student in 1977. A look back at Tutankhamun: http://bit.ly/8INFlc #
• Egypt Unwrapped: Secrets of the Afterlife – Expedition Week at National Geographic: http://bit.ly/88b9aQ #
• How did King Tut die? Murder, Mystery, Intrigue with Dr Hawass. First in a 4 part series, with video: http://bit.ly/1fYtcY #
• PHOTO: The Ramesseum, the mortuary temple of Ramses II, at night, from Zahi Hawass: http://bit.ly/3KiClI #
• The Art Gallery of Ontario is bringing the riches of Tutankhamen’s tomb to Toronto: http://bit.ly/2BBF71 #
• Rediscovered jewellery, fit for a king – Recreating Tutankhamun's jewellery for the Art Gallery of Ontario gift shop: http://bit.ly/3Xujy6 #
• Horus features in the Friday Photo this week at Talking Pyramids: http://bit.ly/1gETdr #

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