Britain is a modern power, but also a country with a long history, and experts have unearthed a large number of ancient artifacts through archaeological discoveries, some of which are quite interesting. For example, experts once found an instrument in an ancient tomb, but after restoration, they found that the sound of the instrument was so unbearable that some experts even called it "the sound of hell". What is a special instrument? If you are also curious, the following small editor will reveal the secret:
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In 1991, archaeologists visited the town of Bath in west London and stumbled upon an ancient tomb, but archaeologists were not surprised, after all, Bath is the only World Heritage Town in the United Kingdom, and as early as 2,000 years ago, the Roman Empire built a large number of palaces here, so it is too common for bath towns to find ruins and tombs. After cleaning, archaeologists first excavated the north side of the tomb, but found nothing, so they began to clean up from the west side. Soon, the experts determined the structure of the tomb, which covers an area of about 100 square meters, with the main burial chamber in the westernmost position.
After more than 3 months of excavations, archaeologists also gained a lot of money, unearthing a large number of pottery and stone tools, as well as some bronze wine utensils, in addition to two pieces of armor, indicating that the identity of the owner of the tomb is a general. It is worth mentioning that under the wall on the west side of the burial chamber, experts found a badly corroded bronze vessel, about 165 centimeters long, which looked like a round pipe, and one of the ends was a beast head shape, as for what animal experts could not identify for a while. Experts carefully cleaned the bronze, removed the mud covering it and removed it in its entirety, and then immediately sent it to the museum for preservation and restoration.
A few months later, the experts succeeded in restoring the bronze, and the result was first amazed by its appearance, especially when the rusty head of the beast was restored to its original form, which turned out to be a wolf, with its mouth open, ears pricked up, and two round eyes glaring ahead. Behind the beast's head, there is a wavy neck texture, which also looks quite delicate, and then extends down to a hollow copper tube, all the way to the bottom and becomes an open mouth. Experts wonder what this bronze is for.
The experts looked at the bronze instrument and consulted several professors who studied ancient vocal music, and they said it was the horn of the ancient Celts. Later, after trying to play this trumpet for the first time, the experts blew air with their mouths to small mouths, and then made a sound at the end of the wolf's head, but it was not a beautiful melody, but a harsh sound, which sounded very messy, not only not good, even difficult to hear, if it is described in four words - the sound of hell.
Music experts say the horn is not a normal instrument, but an instrument used on the battlefield. As mentioned above, the tomb where the instrument was found was a Celtic tomb, and the owner of the tomb may have been a Celtic general, so it is reasonable that he owned a musical instrument used by the Celtics in the war. During the Roman Empire, the Celts were one of the main ethnic groups in Western Europe, along with the Germans and Slavs, so there were often wars between the three of them for land. Archaeological studies have shown that the Celts mastered good casting techniques, produced sophisticated weapons and armor, and were also highly accomplished in the fields of art and entertainment.
For this instrument unearthed, it was the instrument played by the Celts when they charged the battlefield, which is also mentioned in the literature of the ancient Roman period. However, this trumpet is not only played, but hundreds of thousands of them are blown together, in order to boost the momentum of the army, and it can also improve the soldier's sense of victory, and also create a threat to the enemy, just as our ancient soldiers had to beat the drum when fighting. However, the sound of a single trumpet is difficult to hear, and if it is all blown, it is not "kill a thousand enemies and damage yourself eight hundred." After the fall of the Roman Empire, similar trumpet instruments were rarely found, indicating that they were gradually eliminated later.
No matter what the instrument is, the most important thing is that the sound should be pleasant, because no one likes to hear unpleasant sounds, so instruments that do not sound well will definitely be eliminated. Like the Celtic charge horn, it makes the enemy sound uncomfortable at the same time, but also makes its own soldiers uncomfortable, so it is doomed to go down the stage of history.
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Eurasian Gate: The Bronze and Iron Age of the Urals and West Siberia
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Wenlan Hairun Studio Editor-in-Chief Wen Xiucai, this article is written by: Special History Writer: Liu Lijiang's