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Monday, March 24, 2008

Sounds of ancient times heard at cathedral

IT IS reckoned to be the earliest stringed instrument ever discovered and is the forerunner of the modern guitar.

Now an exact, playable replica of the 4,500-year-old Gold Lyre of Ur can be seen and heard for one morning only at Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral.
Prof. Hex at 6:44 PM
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