[Khurkris]

[Thinkin' Gal]

FYI

[R. Scott]

The Lyre has been played by musicians from across the globe at several high profile events including the Live 8 Eden Project concert and the Edinburgh International Harp Festival.

I wonder what scale it is tuned to. Has anyone figured out what was used in ancient Ur? A 7-note diatonic scale was used in ancient Ugarit, while a 40,000 year old Neanderthal flute used our familiar octatonic and evidence shows that other prehistoric cultures used ditonic, tritonic, and tetratonic scales. From what I have been able to find so far it looks like the harp was tuned to a pentatonic scale – but that was one paper based on a questionable translation of text and a lot of assumptions.

[Jimmy Valentine]

"The Lyre was discovered in a mass suicide grave in the ancient city of Ur in Iraq by British archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley. Uncovered in 1929, the remains were kept in a museum in Baghdad until they were destroyed during the recent war in Iraq."

This is B.S. The archaeologist was from the University of Pennsylvania and all of the artifacts from the tomb including the original lyre are on display in a museum in Philadelphia, Pa.

The stuff was on tour about five/six years ago and was at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. for a while. Fantastic stuff.

The author of this article is doing a slam on the U.S.

Regards,

[Moonmad27]

If it's true that the real lyre wasn't destroyed, someone needs to tell that website. I suspect that those people recreated the harp mainly to make an anti-war and especially anti-Bush statement to the music festival crowds that would definitely believe them.

[NicknamedBob]

I don't understand why they didn't just pick it up from the prop department.

[SunkenCiv]

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[wildbill]

Anyone know about the strings? I'm curious about how they would have made mettalic strings in UR.

[Aliska]

Fascinating bump. It would be nice to hear it played live. Now that they have reproduced the lyre, I wonder how they will learn to play it as it was centuries ago.

[zoei_astat]

You might want to know that this group is facing legal action in the UK for using drawings and plans prepared by another group and claiming it as there own. There are BIG ???? about this group. Have you noticed that the above image of the Harp is not really the one they are making? If they publish the real harp they are making they will land into more trouble with the court in the UK.

[SunkenCiv]

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[commish]

I’m Sorry, but that harp was carried by Muhammed when he road his horse to the moon , and as such anyone who attempts to play this sacred muslim harp will be sentenced to death. / s