"2,000 year old carnyx discovered in England" Topic

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79thPA	07 Jan 2026 3:03 p.m. PST
Carnyx, as well as other interesting bits. link
35thOVI	07 Jan 2026 4:10 p.m. PST
Thanks
Dal Gavan	07 Jan 2026 5:32 p.m. PST
Thanks for posting the link, 79th.
ochoin	07 Jan 2026 7:56 p.m. PST
Very cool. You've heard what they may have sounded like? YouTube link
piper909	07 Jan 2026 9:55 p.m. PST
I couldn't even read this, what with all the pop-up ads that wouldn't go away. BBC had a similar article, but BBC America is now behind a paywall. And not a cheap one either. As someone who once had this as my homepage, before they got greedy and grasping, this has been a blow. I send money each month to the Guardian instead, better value for money. Northumbrian piper queen Kathryn Tickell features a modern repro carnyx on her album, Ensemble Mystical. link
79thPA	08 Jan 2026 9:00 a.m. PST
Thanks, ochoin. It wouldn't take many of those for a young soldier to wonder what he was doing so far from home. Sorry about the pop-ups. Annoying but manageable on my end.
ochoin	08 Jan 2026 2:07 p.m. PST
What we don't know, of course, is whether any recognisable tunes were played. The Romans talked of the cacophony they produced, which indicates just blaring, non-melodic noise. But this could either be just propaganda emphasing the Celts' barbarity or perhaps, the Romans didn't recognise the alien music? When I was a Teen & playing Led Zeppelin in my bedroom, my mother thought it was just a dissonant & jarring din.

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