Posted on 11/30/2010 4:19:42 AM PST by SunkenCiv
BINH THUAN, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- A set of stone musical instrument dating from 3,000 years ago was unearthed by a farmer in Da Kai commune, Duc Linh district, when he dug holes for planting coffee trees, according to Vietnam news agency on Friday.
The music instrument comprises of five slabs of black blue stone, which when arranged from small to big form a trapezoid.
This is a typical character of ancient lithophone, different from new lithophones or sounding stone slabs.
The instrument has been handed over to the Binh Thuan museum.
Earlier, the Binh Thuan museum in coordination with a Japanese expert also discovered another lithophone at a site only 3km away from the place where the 3,000-year-old one was found.
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I’m not surprised it was an early drum set! lol
Prehistoric rock music. Talk about Golden Oldies.
The first rock band.
The farmer began to play the first bars of Stairway To Heaven.
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Okay, who has the caveman “orchestra” scene from Mel Brooks’ History of the World playing in their heads?
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