Russian archaeologists discover ancient Greek musical instruments near Crimea

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Russian archaeologists discover ancient Greek musical instruments near Crimea
7/09/2018 06:00:00 PM

Researchers from the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Sciences have unearthed the remains of ancient Greek musical instruments - a harp and a lyre - on the Taman Peninsula in southern Russia, the Academy said in a statement.

"Until recently, we had known of only one partially preserved ancient Greek harp found in the Piraeus necropolis in Athens and the tuning pegs of a harp uncovered from a necropolis in Taranto, southern Italy," the statement says, citing expedition leader Roman Mimokhod.

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[Free Vulcan]

Greek culture was spread far and wide, as much or more than Rome. Up into Russia and over into China, India, north Africa and southern Europe as far west as Spain.

[Joe Wooten]

The Greeks colonized far and wide around the ancient world.