Copper cymbals in situ after removing part of the fill layer. They are on top of each other, perfectly aligned. Click image to enlarge. Credit: Y. Al Rahbi Researchers suspect these instruments could ...

On a windswept ridge overlooking the plains of northern Oman, a pair of ancient cymbals lay buried beneath layers of plaster and stone. They were placed there deliberately, one atop the other ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

That suggests residents of the Dahwa settlement used local metals to make regionally distinctive cymbals. These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

Historians uncovered the cymbals during an excavation of an ancient building in 2018, according to the article. The cymbals date back to somewhere between 2200 B.C. and 2000 B.C. Pictures show the ...

These cymbals, remarkably well-preserved for their age, offer one of the earliest examples of musical instruments found in this region. According to Phys.org, the discovery challenges long-held ...

Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient building in Dahwa. The cymbals, likely used for ritual activities, offer a ...

The two cymbals lie on top of each other, perfectly aligned. Credit: Y. Al Rahbi / CC BY 4.0 Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman are shedding new light on how music may have brought ancient civilizations ...

Only a handful of complete chariots are known from ancient Egypt, and of these, only one heavily restored in Florence and one in the Egyptian Museum have any significant amount of leather. “ ...