MIT researchers recreate ancient musical instruments using CT scans and 3D technology, allowing audiences to hear sounds from centuries ago.

When a hootenanny struck up 3,000—or 30,000—years ago, no recording engineer was there to capture what went down. Can anyone know, then, what ancient instruments like the aulos and carnyx really ...

What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Hymns sung to the Greek gods thousands of years ago resonated from ancient musical instruments in Athens on Thursday, transporting a transfixed audience to antiquity. The phorminx, ...

Archaeologists were perplexed by a strange pair of discs found in Oman – only to discover these items were actually a single 4,000-year-old instrument. The cymbals date to the third millennium B.C.

Now, thanks to Billy Ó Foghlú of Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific, we can add Bronze Age Irish horns to the list of resurrected instruments. Through 3D printing, the ...

The ASTRA project, standing for Ancient instruments Sound/Timbre Reconstruction Application, has revived an instrument that hasn't been played or heard in centuries. Using the Enabling Grids for ...

Chinese archaeologists working in Hubei province’s Zaoyang City have unearthed an ancient stringed instrument dating back thousands of years. It’s said to be the earliest ever found in China. Above: a ...

If the name reminds you of Zeus, the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek mythology, then you are on the right track. This device uses lightning bolts, to generate music. It may not be the most ...

KARACHI: The ancient musical instrument Boreendo has been officially inscribed on the Unesco List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. The decision was taken during the 20th ...