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UNCG - MLS610C Global Arts Unit 5 - Ireland

This time responses required in Unit 5 are in the comments section of the Text post. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Ancient Music of Ireland

Counties of Ireland - Interactive map

Sumerian Harp, Iraq, 2500 BCE
by Beverly Jones, '97

"This is a recreation of Queen Shub-Ad's harp, an artifact unearthed early this century from the Sumerian Royal Cemetery at Ur. It is the oldest known example of the true triangular harp, which evolved directly from the hunting bow" (Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions)

Sumerian Bull Lyre, Iraq, 3200 BCE by Stacey Rolland, '00 (Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions)

Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, Ireland. Built circa 3200 B.C.E. They predate Stonehenge in England and the Great Pyramid in Egypt.

Megalithic Passage Tomb - Newgrange Mound (from Knowth Website)