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

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Archaeologists excavating ruins in Dahwa, Oman, found a “rare” 4,000-year-old pair of cymbals likely buried as a ritual offering. Photo from Antiquity While sifting through the ruins of an ...

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.