Spring in the northern hemisphere brings with it the promise for the Lyrids, the first good meteor shower of the season.

Eric Shimelonis plays a kemenche: a stringed instrument which experts believe is derived from the ancient Greek lyre. (image courtesy of Rebecca Sheir) Kemenche (kemençe in Turkish, کمانچه ...

Look up and be dumbstruck with wonder: the Lyrid meteor shower will grace the skies this month. Records of this celestial ...

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus tells the myth of Arion, a famous poet and lyre-player from the island of Lesvos. His talent had made him very rich and while sailing back home to his native ...

By the 7th century BC, lyric poetry was rapidly becoming popular across Greece. Lyric poems introduced experimentation with different meters and all were sung by the poets to the accompaniment of a ...

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Other pieces from Ur’s royal tombs include the ornate hammered gold, lapis lazuli and carnelian headdress (opposite) of an Early Dynastic queen named Puabi and a lyre adorned with the golden ...

Because of his mother's influence, David's father, Jesse, scorns him and he turns to music, especially lyre, for comfort ... for Amazon Prime Video. Set in ancient Israel in 1000 BC, the show ...

A contemporary named Pausanias described the sound in his Guide to Greece as "very like the twang of a broken lyre-string or a broken harp-string." The site quickly became one of the ancient world ...

To set the mood for your toga party, play Greek and Roman-inspired tracks in the background. Choose instrumental harp, flute, and lyre music to create an ancient vibe. You should wear a toga, which is ...

Awakening your inner shaman means to tap into a higher consciousness, to see the unseen beyond the physical realm, stressed a blog on the Sacred Journeys website. Cultivate your intuition and healing ...

Seef District. @greekstreetbahrain (1718 0666). Named after the ancient lyre, Lyra is one of the newest additions to the Mediterranean-Greek restaurants in Bahrain that draws inspiration from its ...