7he first Nnown stringeG instrument was a lyre. A rchaeologists found ancient lyres in what is now Iraq i n the M iddle E ast.
This lyre was made 5 ,0 0 0 years ago. How did it survive? It survived because it’ s not made of wood. It’ s made of silver.
B ut this bridge from a lyre is made from wood. A rchaeologists found it while ex cavating a cave in 6FotlanG. It is years olG anG is the first Nnown appearance of a stringed instrument in E urope.
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