Throughout history, from ancient times to more modern conflicts, intimidating the enemy through aggressive noises and sounds has played an important part of warfare. During the Iron Age and ...
Dr Fraser Hunter, principal curator of Iron Age and Roman collections at National Museum of Scotland, explains his long - and often frustrating - global search for the carnyx war horn, one which is ...
In the Asterix books, Cacofonix the bard is forbidden to sing because his voice causes wild boar, villagers, Normans and Romans alike to flee. But Cacofonix does play the carnyx, a long, slender ...
The carnyx discovered in Norfolk is the third one found in the United Kingdom and the most complete. Credit: Norfolk Museums Service The intervention, carried out last year by the firm Pre-Construct ...
If you were watching the Wales v Iceland game on Tuesday night, you might have noticed a large horn being sounded before kick-off. The imposing golden instrument, which stands at 12ft (3.6m), is known ...
Iron Age carnyx among haul of rare items discovered by archaeologists in Norfolk Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the major issues affecting British arts and culture, ...
A pan-European research project is revealing how the ancient instruments played by our ancestors point towards musical sophistication and co-operation across ethnic boundaries. Luke Turner ...
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