The Middle Ages, with its knights, chivalry, plagues and princesses, had a musical soundtrack that experts and scholars are still studying and appreciating, says the founder of the University of ...

The Anglo-Saxon lyre is one of the most iconic musical instruments of medieval Europe. Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Many replicas today are based on an artifact found at Sutton Hoo, a ...

Academy Village resident Anne Kilmer will speak on "Ancient Music" at a special Arizona Senior Academy presentation Wednesday. Scheduled for 3:30 p.m., the program will also include harpist Lorna ...

On a soft September night in a medieval Cairo palace, El Tanboura, a group of musicians from Port Said, played folk songs while dancing and singing away as a fascinated audience clapped in delight.

What it is: A decorated wooden harp or lyre found in an elite grave Where it is from: The Royal Cemetery at Ur, in what is now southern Iraq When it was made: Circa 2600 to 2400 B.C. Related: Sutton ...

A type of lyre found at the famous Sutton Hoo medieval ship burial from 7th century AD Suffolk, has been found thousands of miles away in Kazakhstan. This type of lyre is known from across medieval ...

Healing music to soothe the heart is about to cast its spell in Belfast. The third international lyre conference opens in the city on Thursday. Two hundred people from 16 different countries are ...

An Anglo-Saxon Lyre, found as part of the Sutton Hoo medieval ship burial, has a cousin more than 2,400 miles away in Kazakhstan, according to archaeologists. A re-analysis of finds from Soviet-era ...