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 ...

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 ...

TINTIGNAC, FRANCE—A carnyx, a long, slender trumpet-like instruments decorated with an animal’s head, was recently reassembled from fragments of iron and bronze objects that had been buried in a pit ...

A Celtic trumpet which was used to terrify the enemy during battle is to return home to the North East. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the ...

Ahead of an appearance at the Cumnock Tryst festival, which will see three carnyces played together for the first time, composer and performer John Kenny tells Ken Walton that there’s a lot more to ...

THE University of Huddersfield wins major awards for researching and originating the most advanced contemporary music. But it is also playing a key role in rediscovering sounds of the distant past and ...

Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans An “extraordinary” iron age war trumpet that may have links to the Celtic tribe led by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A near-complete battle trumpet is among a hoard of Iron Age objects discovered in Norfolk. The musical instrument, called a carnyx ...

The musical instrument, called a carnyx, was among the items found during a routine archaeological excavation as part of the standard planning process for residential properties, Historic England said ...