We have the text of lots of poems from ancient Mesopotamia, and it seems likely that some were originally songs of a sort. We have the words, but the music was either not written down or is lost.

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Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research ...

We have the text of lots of poems from ancient Mesopotamia, and it seems likely that some were originally songs of a sort. We have the words, but the music was either not written down or is lost.

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Across Ancient Egypt, India, China, Greece and Mesopotamia, songs that served important ceremonial functions survived in similar fashion, preserved on clay tablets, papyrus, and eventually paper.

The "oldest map of the world in the world" on a Babylonian clay tablet was deciphered to reveal a surprisingly familiar story, according to the British Museum's Irving Finkel.

Between Two Rivers Moudhy Al-Rashid (Hachette (UK, 20 February); W. W. Norton (US, 12 August)). A new and spellbinding book tells the history of the very ancient past of Mesopotamia, the land ...

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Widely recognized as Iraq's predominant classical music tradition, the Maqam encompasses a vast repertory of songs, accompanied by traditional instruments. Moreover, this popular genre provides a ...