Banerjee, an intrepid explorer and talented epigraphist, worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when the country ...

Mohenjo Daro, an ancient city of the Indus Valley Civilization, thrived around 2500 BCE in Pakistan. Rediscovered in 1919, its ruins and artifacts reveal the lives of its 40,000 inhabitants and its ...

The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with the Umm an-Nar culture. Though ...

Bronze Age cymbals discovered in Oman show music's role in connecting ancient civilizations, shifting focus from trade to ...

Bronze Age cymbals found in Oman reveal how music united ancient cultures across trade routes, ceremonies, and rituals.

Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient ...

The copper cymbals from Dahwa offer rare insight into the soundscapes of Bronze Age Arabia. Their design hints at deep ...

His efforts played a crucial role in uncovering insights into the daily lives of the people who once inhabited this ancient civilization. In 1920, during a survey of the lower Indus Valley (now in ...

While sifting through the ruins of an ancient building in Oman, archaeologists unearthed a pair of green-blue discs. The ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.