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Tutankhamun's trumpets
 
 
In 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun in Egypt's Valley fo the Kings. Among the many treasures were two trumpets ... one silver and one copper. In 1939 these two trumpets were played in a world-wide broadcast by the BBC. This is the story of that broadcast, along with the recording of the playing of the trumpets.
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