Rare Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard found

The History Blog has more :

https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75071

I look forward to the "musicologists" getting to grips with this carnyx and figuring out improvements to the reproductions they make.

> used by Celtic tribes ... to intimidate their enemies

Hmmm. I need to get me one of those!

Imagine being a Roman legionnaire walking in a column through a strange forest when out from the trees you hear...

https://youtu.be/EOR7VKcSb9k?si=odGkhfl8xHEPKBiv

Love how Brit archaeologists can barely stomach using the C word (Celtic), for political reasons, and have to use the phrase "Iron Age" instead. Imagine if they treated the Romans like this, then they would have to refer to Roman Britain continually as "the Classical Period" or "Classical Britain". (Never mind that the Romans themselves were an Iron Age people.)

Being the BBC, they also have to note all the CBEs that certain individuals have. Got to honour that Royal Charter.