Tutankhamun's trumpets
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Tutankhamun's trumpets
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Tutankhamun's trumpets are a pair of trumpets found in the burial chamber of the Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The trumpets, one of sterling silver and one of bronze or copper, are considered to be the oldest operational trumpets in the world, and the only known surviving examples from ancient Egypt. The trumpets were found in 1922 by Howard Carter during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. The bronze trumpet was discovered in the tomb's antechamber in a large chest containing variou
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Pair of the oldest operational trumpets
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun%27s_trumpets
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2024-01-13T01:30:29Z
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