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b'Shh \\u2026mummy\\u2019s the word! We don\\u2019t want to provoke the curse of King Tut. Except that there are many curses associated with this fossilized pharaoh \\u2013 from evil spirits to alien malevolence. So it\\u2019s hard to know which one we\\u2019d face.\\nWe\\u2019ll unravel secrets about the famous young pharaoh, including the bizarre events that transpired after the discovery of his tomb in the Valley of the Kings, and learn what modern imaging reveals about life 3,000 years ago.\\nPlus, we dispel myths about how to make a mummy, while learning the origin of that notorious mummy curse. Also, discover why superstitions have survival value.\\nGuests:\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Jo Marchant \\u2013 Author of The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut\\u2019s Mummy\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Andrew Wade \\u2013 Physical anthropologist, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Salim Ikram \\u2013 Professor of Egyptology, American University, Cairo\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0Stuart Vyse \\u2013 Professor of psychology, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, author of Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition\\n\\u2022\\xa0\\xa0F. DeWolfe Miller \\u2013 Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa\\n\\xa0\\nFirst released June 24, 2013.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'