ANTIQUITY FOR US HISTORY BUFFS … FOUND IN A COMPUTER MAGAZINE.

Posted by Drew458       on 10/06/2008 at 08:56 AM   

1. Fascinating. Even more so it it was funded by the private sector.

   Posted by Punkins       10/06/2008  at  09:33 AM  



2. You may not believe this, but of late, I have been wondering about music in the ancient world.

   Are there songs?  What did the Greeks listen to, the Romans, the Byzantines?

   What did they sound like?

   Thanks for the post.

   Posted by Grumpyguy       10/06/2008  at  09:56 AM  



3. Greeks? Heck, they’re the pentatonic new kids on the block.

   Want some ancient tunes? How about a short trumpet solo played on a horn that’s about 3800 years old?

   Here ya go!

   (if you look around, you can also find this recording, made in 1939, as a zipped executable).

   Posted by Drew458       10/06/2008  at  06:36 PM