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  • Depiction of a cylinder seal impression, Chagamish, southwest Iran, mid-fourth millennium BC. It shows a harpist accompanied by musicians playing clappers and a drum. 2022-12-03 19:06

    How important was music in ancient Iran?

    TEHRAN - Music has long been a significant fragment of life for many ancient cultures. Playing music in celebrations and dances, in sorrows and wars and battles, can be traced through millennia-old bas-relief carvings, clay tablets, and the remnants of primitive instruments.

  • Chang players depicted on a 6th-century Sasanian relief at Taq-e Bostan. 2022/01/08

    A birthplace of musical instruments

    TEHRAN - Narratives say the initiation of music in Iran dates back to the time of the mythical king, Jamshid. However, fragmentary documents from various periods, including rock-carved carvings, suggest millennia of musical practices in every corner of the ancient land.