News - Unusual Objects Unearthed at Troy

Bone flute ÇANAKKALE, TURKEY—Excavations in western Anatolia at the site of Hisarlık, which is also known as the ancient city of Troy, have yielded a fragment of a bone flute dating to about 2,800 years ago, according to a Türkiye Today report. Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said that the artifact is the first musical instrument discovered at the site.

In an earlier phase of the settlement, near the site of a city gate, researchers found the human-shaped head of an idol from Early Bronze Age, some 4,500 years ago. Ersoy said that both objects will be evaluated. To read more about ancient music, go to “ The Music of Time .” Features July/August 2021 The Ugarit Archives Thousands of cuneiform tablets written in a distinctive script tell the dramatic story of a Bronze Age merchant city in Syria Read Article (Dick Osseman/ Wikimedia Commons) Digs & Discoveries November/December 2019 The Wrath of the Hittites Read Article (Lucas Stephens) Digs & Discoveries September/October 2019 Volcano Viewers Read Article (İnan Ulusoy) Digs & Discoveries March/April 2018 The Mesopotamian Merchant Files Read Article (Mike P.

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