Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman show music's role in connecting ancient civilizations, shifting focus from trade to ...

Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...

New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity ...

and build instruments based on ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine designs and perform the music of these cultures on their custom, handmade instruments. The performers are Thanasis Kleopas (lyre and ...

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...

One of the country's oldest instruments, the begena was once reserved ... Resembling a harp or a large lyre, trapezium-shaped and about a metre tall, it has 10 strings - traditionally made from ...