The only ancient musical instruments that still survive tend to be made of metal or bone. "These cymbals are the first of their kind to have been found in good archaeological contexts." " ...

The cymbals were excavated from a building dating to the third millennium BCE, associated with theUmm an-Nar culture. Though musical instruments are rarely preserved in archaeological contexts due ...

The finds turned out to be a 4,000-year-old musical instrument ... The Dahwa cymbals “fit within a larger, regional distribution of similar percussive instruments around the Arabian Gulf ...

Zildjian cymbal are used by top drummers ... of metal sound so pretty and become this beautiful instrument that's a part of every kind of music that you hear is pretty remarkable.

Ritually important musical practices resounded across ... and artistic depictions of cymbal players. Cymbals often appear among other instruments, including drums, used at ritual events such ...

However, physical examples of musical instruments from this period are few and far between. In 2018, archaeologists uncovered a pair of copper cymbals that were probably deliberately buried around ...