Major advances in architecture, art, and technology were made during the Old Kingdom, fueled by the increased agricultural productivity and resulting population, made possible by a well-developed cent ...
Musicologists have sometimes classified music according to a trichotomic distinction such as Philip Tagg's "axiomatic triangle consisting of 'folk', 'art' and 'popular' musics". He explains that each ...
There are several verses in the Quran that emphasize the importance of remembering the will of God by saying "God Willing," "God Knows best," "if it is Your Will," and so on. This is the basis for dhi ...
The word cymbal is derived from the Latin cymbalum, which is the latinisation of the Greek word κ?μβαλον (kumbalon), "cymbal", which in turn derives from κ?μβο? (kumbos), "cup".Anatomy T ...
Reunification under the Eleventh Dynasty Further information: Eleventh dynasty of EgyptAn Osiride statue of the first pharaoh of the Middle Kingdom, Mentuhotep IIAfter the collapse of the Old Kingdom, ...
The words "lute" and "oud" derive from Arabic al-?ud (????? - literally means "the wood"). Recent research by Eckhard Neubauer suggests ?ud may in turn be an Arabized version of the Persian nam ...
A classical lyre has a hollow body or sound-chest (also known as soundbox or resonator), which, in ancient Greek tradition, was made out of turtle shell. Extending from this sound-chest are two raised ...
Main article: Classification of percussion instrumentsHornbostel–Sachs has no high-level section for percussion. Most percussion instruments (as the term is normally understood) are classified as idi ...
Double clarinets are found primarily in Middle Eastern music, but also in India; there are different versions and names in different countries. In Yemen, the double clarinet is called a mizmār (a wor ...
The word flute first entered the English language during the Middle English period, as floute, or else flowte, flo(y)te, possibly from Old French flaute and from Old Proven?al flaüt, or else from Ol ...
The harp found its early orchestral use as a solo instrument in concerti by many baroque and classical composers (Handel, Mozart, Boieldieu, Albrechtsberger, Schenk, Dussek, Spohr) and in the opera ho ...
The modern English word harp comes from the Old English hearpe; akin to Old High German "harpha"Terminology A number of non-harp-like instruments are colloquially referred to as "harps". Chordophones ...
The first king of the Old Kingdom was Djoser (sometime between 2691 and 2625 BC) of the third dynasty, who ordered the construction of a pyramid (the Step Pyramid) in Memphis' necropolis, Saqqara. An ...
Osiris is a Latin transliteration of the Ancient Greek: ?σιρι?, which in turn is the Greek adaptation of the original theonym in the Egyptian language. In Egyptian hieroglyphs the name is writte ...
The Late Paleolithic in Egypt started around 30,000 BC. The Nazlet Khater skeleton was found in 1980 and dated in 1982 from nine samples ranging between 35,100 to 30,360 years. This specimen is the on ...
