The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...

The lyre, which is now on display at the British ... In some ways, these ancient instruments were like modern guitars: Each string would have produced a different note when plucked or a chord ...

In reconstructing this instrument, I relied on pictures taken from ancient pottery, which didn't clearly show ... but since I wanted to make sure the lyre would be playable I used pegs instead of a ...

Researchers have unearthed the remains of ancient Greek musical instruments - a harp and a lyre - on the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia MOSCOW, July 9. /TASS/. Researchers from the Institute ...