Eric Shimelonis plays a kemenche: a stringed instrument which experts believe is derived from the ancient Greek lyre. (image courtesy of Rebecca Sheir) Kemenche (kemençe in Turkish, کمانچه ...

The Lyrid meteor has peaked in late April for thousands of years. It begins in little bursts on the eve of April 16 and peaks ...

Archaeologists in Dahwa, Oman, found two strange discs that turned out to be a rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument, ...

realized that it was written in ancient Greek. In light of the document’s complexity and extraordinary length, a team of scholars was assembled to conduct a detailed physical examination and ...

Researchers have created a computational model of the Antikythera mechanism to test how it worked. It was prone to jamming ...

Ancient Greek mythology and art depict lions. Did lions once live in Greece? Larry Rideout | Boston Yes! Lions have a huge historic range. Evidence has been found that as far back as the ...

On a windswept ridge overlooking the plains of northern Oman, a pair of ancient cymbals lay buried beneath layers of plaster ...

Artistic reconstruction of the famed ancient Library of Alexandria. Credit: Greek Reporter Archive, So, imagine being handed a job that makes today’s big data projects look like a toddler’s task.

He has frequently argued that galleries and auction houses fail to verify the histories of ancient items and often neglect to consult with Greek or Italian authorities before listing such works for ...

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] On March 29, Chinese sheng player Wu Tong shared the stage with Japanese sho player Mayumi Miyata at the Japanese embassy in Beijing, giving the audience an ...