From Graham Phillips author Facebook
The warrior queen Boudicca is one of British history’s most famous figures. In AD 61, she led a revolt against the Romans and their tyrannical emperor Nero, and very nearly drove them out of Britain. She conquered various cities, including London, and destroyed an entire legion, before being defeated and given a splendid burial by her followers, presumably somewhere nearby. Because the location of her final battle was not recorded, her tomb has long been sought but never found. Suggested locations include Uffington in southern England, Hampstead Heath in London, and Atherstone in the Midlands. Perhaps the most likely location would be in the region of her home, the Iceni kingdom in what is now Norfolk. And here, a remarkable discovery has just been announced.
A team of archaeologists working on a building site a few miles from Thetford, Norfolk, has just announced a remarkable find. An intact British carnyx, a long and elaborate bronze, animal-headed trumpet used to inspire and manoeuvre warriors in battle. As a war horn, the most likely time that this would have been lost, so as to have been preserved in mud, would have been during a battle, and a known battle around that time would be the one in which Boudicca was defeated. This is sure to spark much speculation that Boudicca died much closer to home than originally thought, and was buried near her capital at what is now Caistor St Edmunds. If she were buried with the kind of splendor the Roman historian Cassius Dio records, the tomb could include grave goods such as weapons, jewelry, and symbols of authority, including golden torcs and bracelets. The archaeological find of the century.
(Photograph: The remains of Venta Icenorum, Boudicca’s capital in Roman times.)
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