"Immensely powerful when played at full volume, it is also possible to play [a carnyx] whisperingly quietly, and to combine it with delicate instruments like flute, harp, string quartet, and the human voice."
"The carnyces and the boar-headed standard are styles well known on the continent and remind us that communities in Britain were well-connected to a wider European world at this time."
"The finds are rare, not only in a British context, but from across Europe,"
"a once-in-a lifetime"
Archaeologists in west Norfolk discovered a rare Iron Age hoard including a first-century AD Celtic carnyx, a bronze S-shaped war trumpet shaped like a wild animal. The carnyx would have been played vertically by soldiers to intimidate enemies in battle. The hoard also contained a sheet-bronze boar's head from a military standard, five shield bosses and an iron unidentified object; parts of another carnyx were present. The finds may be linked to the Iceni tribe that rebelled against Rome in 60 AD. Experts note continental stylistic links and plan collaborative research and conservation with museums and heritage bodies.
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