Music - harp - Egypt

"The music of ancient Egypt is lost forever. Without musical notation (at least until the Ptolemaic Period), the songs and tunes that played such a large part in Egyptian life, in private and public spheres, in secular and religious celebrations, can never be recovered. Some of the instruments survive but we can only guess at the melodies and harmonies they produced. However, there is no doubting the centrality of music and musicians in [ancient Egyptian] culture..."