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Rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument 'buried in the ground' puzzles archaeologists
Archaeologists in Dahwa, Oman, found two strange discs that turned out to be a rare 4,000-year-old musical instrument, ...
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Archaeologists Found 4,000-Year-Old Cymbals in Oman That Reveal a Lost Musical Link Between Ancient Civilizations
The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with the Umm an-Nar culture. Though ...
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4,000-year-old musical instrument unearthed in Oman. See the ‘rare’ finds
The finds turned out to be a 4,000-year-old musical instrument — offering ... same period also showed cymbal usage. The Dahwa ...
Rare Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman
The find reveals shared musical traditions that connected cultures and supported trade across the Arabian Gulf.
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These 4,200-year-old cymbals show music’s far-reaching power
Humans have been making music for millennia. By the third millennium bc, sculptures and early written records suggest that ...
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4,000-year-old musical instrument unearthed in Oman. See the ‘rare’ finds
The finds turned out to be a 4,000-year-old musical instrument ... The Dahwa cymbals “fit within a larger, regional distribution of similar percussive instruments around the Arabian Gulf ...
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Discovery of ancient cymbals suggests that music connected Arabian cultures
Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman reveal how music united ancient cultures across trade routes, ceremonies, and rituals.