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July 7, 2016 11:45 am PDT
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Here's what a song composed in 1400 BC sounds like
https://youtu.be/QpxN2VXPMLcI can imagine Spock playing this song on his Vulcan lute.
From YouTube:
The Oldest known musical melody performed by the very talented Michael Levy on the Lyre. This ancient musical fragment dates back to 1400 B.C.E. and was discovered in the 1950's in Ugarit, Syria. It was interpreted by Dr. Richard Dumbrill. He wrote a book entitled "The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East."
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