The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with the Umm an-Nar culture. Though ...

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

Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman reveal how music united ancient cultures across trade routes, ceremonies, and rituals.

The copper cymbals from Dahwa offer rare insight into the soundscapes of Bronze Age Arabia. Their design hints at deep ...

Humans have been making music for millennia. By the third millennium bc, sculptures and early written records suggest that ...

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

Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman are shedding new light on how music may have brought ancient civilizations together. The copper-alloy instruments, discovered at an archaeological site in the ...

The finds turned out to be a 4,000-year-old musical instrument — offering ... same period also showed cymbal usage. The Dahwa ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

Archaeologists have analyzed a pair of copper cymbals from Bronze Age Oman, suggesting a shared musical tradition connected ...

Armstrong balances her life as a musician while educating University students through her unique musical and cultural ...

Trying to narrow down the best microphones for recording is a huge task. There are so many great microphones out there that I honestly struggled to single out a reasonable number of good microphones ...