During excavations in Norfolk, in eastern England, archaeologists have come across a sound from the past. Buried for nearly 2,000 years, a bronze war trumpet (known as a carnyx) has emerged from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The discovery of a carnyx (above) and a boar's head flag standard in the same hoard has been described as "a discovery of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was supposed to be a routine excavation. But archaeologists who were called in last year to inspect a site before construction ...

The trumpets were commonly used to inspire Celtic warriors, but Romans captured them as war trophies.

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The discovery of a carnyx (above) and a boar's head flag standard in the same hoard has been described as "a discovery of a lifetime" by archaeologists [BBC/Rare TV] Archaeologists have been stunned ...