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2,000-year-old RSVP: A birthday invitation from the Roman frontier that has the earliest known Latin written by a woman
What it is: A wooden tablet with carbon-based ink Where it is from: Vindolanda Roman fort, in Northumberland, U.K. When it was made: A.D. 97 to 103 Related: Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music ...
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Sumerian Bull Lyre, Iraq, 3200 BCE
The lyre was invented by the Sumerians of ancient Iraq around 3200 BCE. Its design was developed from the harp by replacing the single bow shape with two upright arms joined by a crossbar, and the ...