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 ...
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4,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets Show Ancient Sumerians’ Obsession With Government BureaucracyThe artifacts were excavated from a city dating back to the third millennium B.C.E. by researchers from Iraq and the British ...
The process of reconstructing the bull lyre proved a difficult and time-consuming job, and given the lack of detailed textual information, I relied heavily on pictures of the lyre housed in the ...
In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came from modern-day Iran. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer?
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