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This story, the fourth of the series, appeared between December 1932 and August 1934 in Le Petit Vingtième (the children's supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle). It was published in form of album (in black and white) in 1934. It was redrawn in color in 1955. Le Petit Vingtième (The Little Twentieth) was the weekly youth supplement to the Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle (The Twentieth Century) from 1928 to 1940. ...

Like the other early adventures, this story is a sequence of short, unconnected episodes; but for the first time Hergé introduces a common thread: the mysterious cigars. This story brings together many key topics of pulp literature: a curse from the dead, a secret society, a mysterious chief of a ring of opium dealers. Four cigars of different brands (from top: H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta) An airtight cigar storage tube and a double guillotine-style cutter A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn... This article does not adequately cite its references. ...

The plot of the story was clearly influenced by the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamon by archeologist Howard Carter. It was originally published under the name Tintin au Orient (literally "Tintin in Asia"). Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (1334 BC/1333 BC - 1323 BC), during the period known as the New Kingdom. ... KV62 in the Valley of the Kings Howard Carter (May 9, 1874 – March 2, 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist born in Kensington, England. ...

Storyline

Tintin is on a cruise ship when he meets Dr Sarcophagus, an Egyptologist, who tries unsuccessfully to keep a paper from going overboard. The absent-minded Sarcophagus then realizes that the paper is not the Kih-Oskh papyrus he thought it was, but merely a travel agency prospectus. Tintin also meets Roberto Rastapopoulos, a wealthy businessman. The Adventures of Tintin has several minor characters: General Alcazar General of the army of San Theodoros, Alcazar switches with comedic frequency between being president of the country and leading a rebellion to battle the government led by his arch-rival General Tapioca. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza against Khafres Pyramid at the Giza pyramid complex. ... Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ... A travel agency is a business that sells travel related products and services, particularly package tours, to end-user customers on behalf of third party travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, tour companies, and cruise lines. ... Rastapopoulos, in cowboy outfit from Flight 714 Roberto Rastapopoulos from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé, is a Greek American tycoon (also known under fake name Marquis di Gorgonzola); he was apparently partly inspired by the Greek shipping tycoon Onassis. ...

Here Tintin first meets the Thompson twins, who have found cocaine in Tintin's compartment that had been planted there. Throughout the book, they unsuccessfully pursue Tintin, with often comic results. Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond) This wooden toy depicts Thompson, albeit without his characteristic bowler hat. ... Cocaine (see also: crack) is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. ...

Sarcophagus, meanwhile, disembarks at Port Said, Egypt in order to journey to Kih-Oskh's tomb and explore it. Tintin decides to come along, craftily escaping his imprisonment by the Thompsons and getting off the ship. Port Said (postcard around 1915) Port Said (31. ...

In the tomb, Tintin and Sarcophagus are startled several times by doors closing behind them. They come to a room where rows of Egyptologists are entombed. At the end of the row are three empty sarcophagi with notices to indicate that they are intended for Tintin, Snowy, and Sarcophagus. A drugged vapor fills the room, and they fall asleep. Next thing they know, they are in the sarcophagi, which are thrown overboard and float in the sea. Tintin manages to tie Snowy's coffin to his, but Sarcophagus's drifts away.

Tintin and Snowy are rescued from a gigantic wave by a small boat. On it they meet one Senhor Oliviera de Figueira, a Portuguese salesman, who runs a shop in the middle of the desert. He somehow manages to persuade Tintin to buy all manner of utterly useless items. Tintin walks away overloaded with stuff, including a top hat, ski poles, a doghouse on wheels, and a lead for Snowy, accompanied by the thought "Just as well I didn't fall for his patter; you can end up with all sorts of useless stuff if you're not careful". Oliveira Oliviera de Figueira is a character from The Adventures of Tintin series of classic comic books drawn and written by Hergé. Native of Lisbon, Portugal, he is a friendly salesperson who has the ability to sell even the most trivial of items from umbrellas to roller skates to patrons...

Tintin then sets out across the desert, and accidentally runs into Sheik Patrash Pasha, whose anger immediately turns to happy surprise when he learns that his captive is Tintin, whose exploits he has read of for years. He is the only character to have read a Tintin book in the series. He also shows Tintin one of the books he has read: in the first B/W version, Tintin in the Congo, in the second, Tintin in America, but oddly in the third, Destination Moon, an adventure that for Tintin would not happen for many years. English-edition cover Tintin in the Congo (Tintin au Congo) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... English-edition cover Tintin in America (originally Tintin en Amérique) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Destination Moon (Objectif Lune) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...

Resuming his journey Tintin sees a woman being beaten by two men and rushes to her aid. The woman turns out to be an actress in a movie that Rastapopoulos is making; he rushes up angry. After Tintin apologizes profusely, they talk for a while, and Rastapopoulos confesses that he has been following Tintin's adventures for some time.

When Tintin returns to the boat, he discovers that it has been smuggling guns. There is a lengthy comic sequence involving the Thompson twins who accuse him of being the smuggler.

In Arabia, Tintin again meets Thomson & Thompson. Later they hit a local Arab on the head, mistaking him for Tintin. When Tintin reaches a local city he finds a procession of armed Arabs. "One of our sheiks was bashed on the head by two men from the Djelababi tribe," explains one of them. "And that means war!" Tintin is enlisted in their army under the name Ali-Bhai. The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a mainly desert peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia and an important part of the greater Middle East. ...

While cleaning the colonel's office, he finds a cigar label with Kih-Oskh's sign - a circle with a wavy line through it and two dots on it, rather like a yin-yang symbol. He is charged with spying and executed by firing squad. Fortunately, he does not actually die; the firing squad's rifles had been loaded with blanks, and he is placed in a ventilated grave from which he is dug up later by a pair of mysterious allies. These 'allies' are actually Thomson & Thompson again, who were determined to capture him alive and arranged for his death to be faked. Taoists Taijitu The concept of Yin Yang originates in ancient Chinese philosophy, most likely from the observations of day turning into night and night into day. ...

Tintin flees the city in a military airplane pursued by others. To save himself he takes a dive and lands in India.

In India, he is taken by elephant to a local community of Westerners. Later, he talks with one of them, Zloty the poet, who explains the local opium trade and oppression of farmers when the fakir, outside on his rope, blows a dart at him. Zloty goes mad. The dart was poisoned with Rajaijah juice, which drives one mad. This article does not adequately cite its references. ...

Tintin also finds Sarcophagus, who is also mad and thinks he is Ramses II. He takes Sarcophagus and Zloty to the asylum with a letter from the doctor, but someone in the secret society has substituted the letter and Tintin ends up imprisoned. He escapes by jumping on an inmate and over the wall. Later Snowy is almost sacrificed by angry Indians chasing him for frightening the holy cow. The little dog is saved by Thomson & Thompson, acting as the Nataraja. They then use Snowy to track down his master, whom they are still determined to put in jail. Usermaatre-setepenre The Justice of Re is Powerful, Chosen of Re Nomen Ramesses (meryamun) Born of Re, (Beloved of Amun) Horus name Kanakht Merymaa Nebty name Mekkemetwafkhasut Golden Horus Userrenput-aanehktu Consort(s) Isetnofret, Nefertari Maathorneferure Issues Bintanath, Khaemweset, Merneptah, Amun-her-khepsef Meritamen Father Seti I Mother Queen Tuya... Look up Holy cow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Bronze Chola Statue of Nataraja Nataraja (literally, The King of Dance) is the dancing posture of Lord Åšiva, the aspect of God as the Destroyer in Hinduism. ...

Tintin suspects that the Maharaja of Gaipajama, whom he has met in the jungle, is to be the next victim of the drug cartel. So a dummy is put in the Maharaja's bed. That night the dummy is hit by a dart fired by the fakir. It has been suggested that Maharaj be merged into this article or section. ...

Tintin follows the fakir to the cartel's hideout. The members within dress up in outfits that make them look rather like the Ku Klux Klan, as Tintin comments. He manages to capture the gang which includes the fakir, the Arab colonel, and several others he met in the course of the adventure. He is later joined by Snowy, Thomson & Thompson, who now know that he was framed by the cartel. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

Chasing the chief of the secret society, he recovers the Maharaja's son, kidnapped by the chief. But the chief falls off a cliff and (presumably) dies. It is strongly hinted that this is Rastapopulous, which is confirmed in The Blue Lotus. The cigars themselves were used to smuggle opium--"a simple trick, but it fooled the police of half the world." The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu), first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Hergé featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...

The follow-up to Cigars of the Pharaoh was The Blue Lotus in 1936. The Blue Lotus (Le Lotus bleu), first published in 1936, is one of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums written and illustrated by Hergé featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ...

Notes

• In this story Tintin first meets the Thompson twins. This is one of three adventures in which they spend much of their time pursuing Tintin for crimes he did not commit. The way they rescue Tintin from execution and Snowy from sacrifice shows a level of efficiency and cunning that they never display in later adventures. When they dress up as Arab women in veils it is the only time they wear effective disguises, fooling even Tintin.

• Colour drawings from the 1932 black-and-white version include:

1. Tintin and Snowy in the coffins.
2. The Arab desert.
3. Tintin, Snowy and Prof. Sarcophagus on the elephant in India.
4. Snowy about to be killed for attacking the cow.

• In the English version, when parting from Rastapopoulos on the cruise ship, Tintin remarks that this is not the first time that they have met! This may be a reference to a scene in the previous book Tintin in America. Someone looking a lot like Rastapopoulos can be seen sitting next to Tintin at the banquet from which the hero is then kidnapped. Next to him is a young blond-haired woman: in the 1932 black-and-white edition of the book this woman is referred to as the actress Mary Pickford, an appropriate companion for a movie mogul. Another theory is that this is an overly literal translation from the French original, and that the original expression means something more like "He's not just any old passer-by." ^[1]. According to Harry Thompson's book "Tintin: Herge and his creation", however, the explanation is that Cigars of the Pharaoh was not translated into English until after some other books in the series in which Tintin encounters Rastapopoulos - namely, The Red Sea Sharks and Flight 714 - even though Cigars of the Pharaoh was in fact an earlier adventure of Tintin's. (See the dot point below about translated publications)

• In the English version, Snowy makes a comment that he'd prefer Marlinspike Hall to the cruise, despite the fact that the Captain doesn't get the estate for several adventures yet. This is because many of the adventures of Tintin and Haddock had been published in the UK between 1952 and 1968 before Cigars was published in 1971. (When releasing foreign translated books, publishers seldom bother with the chronological order). See order of publication of Tintin in the UK.

• For many years, the fifth block on the first page of the album contained an incorrect map - showing Asia rather than southern Europe, as the storyline indicated. The English version of the album contained the French spellings for the locations, including "Asie" for the continent and "Singapour" for the city-state. The latest printings have been translated.

• Initial printings of the current edition featured an error on page 52, Snowy was present at the bottom of block 9.

• When Tintin and Snowy are cast adrift in sarcophagi in the Red Sea, they are picked up by a passing sailing ship captained by a man who turns out to be an arms smuggler. The captain was based on the adventurer Henry de Monfreid who was also into such activities.^[2]

• A few of the weapons on the captain's ship include an MP 40 and a Walther P38. The grenade Snowy drops to avoid one of the police officers looks like a Mk2 grenade.

• On page 38, Tintin makes a remark about a dagger, which is described to be a Kukri. However, it's clearly a Katar. How Tintin and another character later on holds the weapon by the sides instead of the handle shown beneath the blade is also inaccurate (and probably impossible due to the width).

Thomson and Thompson (Dupont et Dupond) This wooden toy depicts Thompson, albeit without his characteristic bowler hat. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... English-edition cover Tintin in America (originally Tintin en Amérique) is one of a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. ... Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was an Oscar-winning Canadian motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists. ... Tintin, Captain Haddock and Snowy approach Marlinspike Hall. ... This is a list of all books, films, and media produced so far in The Adventures of Tintin. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... A sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... This article is about firearms and similar devices. ... These lollipops, above, were found to contain heroin when inspected by the DEA. Smuggling is illegal transport, in particular across a border. ... Henry de Monfreid (14 November 1879-13 December 1974) was a French adventurer and author. ... Maschinenpistole 40 Nationality Germany Type Submachine gun Inventor Erma Werk Date of design 1938 Service duration 1939-1945 Cartridge 9 x 19 mm Action Blowback Rate of fire 500 rpm Muzzle velocity ~380 mps Effective range ~ 100 m Weight (Unloaded) 3. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Walther P38 The Walther P38 is a 9 mm pistol that was issued to NCOs and officers of the Wehrmacht near the end of World War II. It replaced the costly Luger P08. ... A Vietnam era MK2 grenade. ... Kukri knife and sheath The Kukri or Khukuri (Devanāgarī: खुकुरी) is a heavy, curved Nepalese knife used as both tool and weapon. ... Ornamented katar A katar (Devanāgarī: कटार), also known as a Bundi dagger, is a type of short punching sword that is native to the Indian Subcontinent and popular elsewhere for swift and quick attacks. ...

References

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External links

• Cigars of the Pharaoh at Tintinologist.org