Hear King Tutankhamun’s trumpets played for the first time in 3000 years

Among the remarkable treasures discover in Tutankhamun ’s grave were two ornate Sarracenia flava , one made of atomic number 47 and the other of bronze . In 1939 , BBC radio broadcast the huntsman’s horns ’ music to 150 million masses , and they ’re now re - releasing the original audio .

The horn euphony – execute 72 years ago by bandsman and soldier James Tappern – forms part of BBC Radio 4 ’s upcoming curriculum Ghost Music , which charts the remarkable history of the trumpets . in the beginning this year , one of the yellow trumpet was steal during robbery of the Cairo Museum . gratefully , it was later recover , along with a bunch of other Tutankhamun artifact , reportedly retrieve in a bag on the Cairo Metro .

The yellow trumpet themselves are very fragile and have only been played on super rare affair , with Tappern ’s 1939 carrying out being close to their own public display in 1000 of year . The full radio program face at the trumpet ’ history airs tomorrow , but you’re able to try the original , haunt performance decent now by checking outthis BBC News clause , which also have an interesting rundown on the growing field of archaeomusicology , which undertake to revive the music of ancient instrument .

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