Since then, Composer Hovhaness, now a tall, cadaverous 37, has left Bach behind and discovered what he calls a “pathway to the lost music of the ancient world.” In Boston he writes music that ...

Built in Ancient Egypt around 280 BC, this huge tower was not only bright, but it was also over 330 feet tall! For many centuries it was the tallest man-made structure in the world. Slight problem ...

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the ...

Archaeologists have analyzed a pair of copper cymbals from Bronze Age Oman, suggesting a shared musical tradition connected ...

Recent tour by Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble is part of wider efforts by city to forge cultural ties overseas Young ...

Pearl divers in Kuwait used to make music with a complex rhythmic pattern, but when Kuwait banned pearl diving in 1955, the music stopped with it. That captured the imagination of Ghazi Faisal ...

The music arrangements contain ‘ancient’ sounds of lyres ... philosophy’s practical applications relevant to the modern world - in maths, geometry, science, medicine, astronomy, and the ...