EVROPOS, Greece, Nov 28 (Reuters) - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching ...

Professor Charles Nyakiti is a seasoned nyatiti player who believes music enhances academic performance. The Kenyatta University scholar, who has plucked the eight-stringed lyre for close to 30 years, ...

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 ...

ground, he rocks backwards and forward, in tandem with the mellow rhythms he is strumming. The rapt attention, clearly etched on his face projects the sense of ingenuity that has become a driving ...

It all started in 2009, on a rooftop of an apartment building in central Cairo. Ahmed Said Abuamna, a professional singer and ethnic Beja from Sudan, was visiting a friend who lived in a shanty on the ...

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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 ...