ANCIENT TRUMPETS SOUNDED
First Time For 32 Centuries (British Official Wireless,) RUGBY, April 15. Silver and copper trumpets found in Tutankhamen’s tomb 17 years ago and with other articles now housed in a special gallery in Cairo were sounded yesterday for the first time for 32 centuries. The occasion was a talk on trumpets found in Tutankhamen’s tomb which was given in Cairo and relayed by the London stations, the fanfare being given by bandsmen of the Eleventh Hussars Regiment.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 172, 18 April 1939, Page 9
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