3200-YEAR-OLD TRUMPETS
iHrtiab Official Wireless) RUGBY, 15th April. 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.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19390418.2.82
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 6
Word Count
743200-YEAR-OLD TRUMPETS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 April 1939, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.