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A 1939 BBC broadcast brought Tutankhamun’s trumpets back to life after 3,000 years
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Tutankhamun’s trumpets will keep resurfacing as museums lean harder on sound-driven history exhibits.

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This is a strong heritage-and-media story with built-in curiosity and visual appeal. It is less consequential than the top-ranked items, but highly shareable.

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A 1939 BBC broadcast from Cairo played Tutankhamun’s trumpets for the first time in more than 3,000 years. The trumpets, found in the boy king’s tomb more than a decade earlier, were used in military, religious and ceremonial life. The piece says the recording created a rare bridge to ancient Egypt and nearly damaged one trumpet in the process.

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A 1939 BBC broadcast brought Tutankhamun’s trumpets back to life after 3,000 years

The recording linked modern listeners to ancient Egypt and nearly damaged one of the rare instruments.

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