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Oldest Musical Instrument Found

According to the University of Tubingen archeologist Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, (33) ____________ in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. In June he announced that he and his colleagues (34) ___________ up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. “The five-holed instrument carved from the bone of a griffon vulture - might be capable of expressing (35) __________ harmonic variety than the modern-day flute”, says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

Conard’s group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. Previously four other bone and ivory flutes (36) __________ in the same area. Collectively, these (37) ____________ as the oldest known musical instruments.

Oldest Musical Instrument Found

According to the University of Tubingen archeologist Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, (33) ____________ in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. In June he announced that he and his colleagues (34) ___________ up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. “The five-holed instrument carved from the bone of a griffon vulture - might be capable of expressing (35) __________ harmonic variety than the modern-day flute”, says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

Conard’s group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. Previously four other bone and ivory flutes (36) __________ in the same area. Collectively, these (37) ____________ as the oldest known musical instruments.

Oldest Musical Instrument Found

According to the University of Tubingen archeologist Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, (33) ____________ in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. In June he announced that he and his colleagues (34) ___________ up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. “The five-holed instrument carved from the bone of a griffon vulture - might be capable of expressing (35) __________ harmonic variety than the modern-day flute”, says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

Conard’s group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. Previously four other bone and ivory flutes (36) __________ in the same area. Collectively, these (37) ____________ as the oldest known musical instruments.

Oldest Musical Instrument Found

According to the University of Tubingen archeologist Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, (33) ____________ in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. In June he announced that he and his colleagues (34) ___________ up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. “The five-holed instrument carved from the bone of a griffon vulture - might be capable of expressing (35) __________ harmonic variety than the modern-day flute”, says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

Conard’s group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. Previously four other bone and ivory flutes (36) __________ in the same area. Collectively, these (37) ____________ as the oldest known musical instruments.

Oldest Musical Instrument Found

According to the University of Tubingen archeologist Nicholas Conard, more than 35,000 years ago, our ancestors, (33) ____________ in present-day southwestern Germany, were playing sophisticated music. In June he announced that he and his colleagues (34) ___________ up an ancient bone flute in Hohle Fels. “The five-holed instrument carved from the bone of a griffon vulture - might be capable of expressing (35) __________ harmonic variety than the modern-day flute”, says Nikolai Tarasov, a recorder specialist.

Conard’s group discovered fragments of three ivory flutes in their 2008 digs. Previously four other bone and ivory flutes (36) __________ in the same area. Collectively, these (37) ____________ as the oldest known musical instruments.

A Skiing City Break in Austria

Postcard-pretty Innsbruck is the ideal destination for anyone who (38) ___________ to combine a skiing holiday with a city break. The capital of the Habsburg Empire in the late middle ages, it has a charming old town with many ornate medieval buildings, together with natural baroque additions, (39) ___________ the cathedral. The city is home to a wealth (40) __________ museums, galleries, bars and restaurants, and (41) ___________ twice played host to the Winter Olympics, so it has (42) ___________ winter-sports facilities, and - just a short train ride out of town - ski tracks to challenge the most accomplished of skiers.

A Skiing City Break in Austria

Postcard-pretty Innsbruck is the ideal destination for anyone who (38) ___________ to combine a skiing holiday with a city break. The capital of the Habsburg Empire in the late middle ages, it has a charming old town with many ornate medieval buildings, together with natural baroque additions, (39) ___________ the cathedral. The city is home to a wealth (40) __________ museums, galleries, bars and restaurants, and (41) ___________ twice played host to the Winter Olympics, so it has (42) ___________ winter-sports facilities, and - just a short train ride out of town - ski tracks to challenge the most accomplished of skiers.

A Skiing City Break in Austria

Postcard-pretty Innsbruck is the ideal destination for anyone who (38) ___________ to combine a skiing holiday with a city break. The capital of the Habsburg Empire in the late middle ages, it has a charming old town with many ornate medieval buildings, together with natural baroque additions, (39) ___________ the cathedral. The city is home to a wealth (40) __________ museums, galleries, bars and restaurants, and (41) ___________ twice played host to the Winter Olympics, so it has (42) ___________ winter-sports facilities, and - just a short train ride out of town - ski tracks to challenge the most accomplished of skiers.

A Skiing City Break in Austria

Postcard-pretty Innsbruck is the ideal destination for anyone who (38) ___________ to combine a skiing holiday with a city break. The capital of the Habsburg Empire in the late middle ages, it has a charming old town with many ornate medieval buildings, together with natural baroque additions, (39) ___________ the cathedral. The city is home to a wealth (40) __________ museums, galleries, bars and restaurants, and (41) ___________ twice played host to the Winter Olympics, so it has (42) ___________ winter-sports facilities, and - just a short train ride out of town - ski tracks to challenge the most accomplished of skiers.

A Skiing City Break in Austria

Postcard-pretty Innsbruck is the ideal destination for anyone who (38) ___________ to combine a skiing holiday with a city break. The capital of the Habsburg Empire in the late middle ages, it has a charming old town with many ornate medieval buildings, together with natural baroque additions, (39) ___________ the cathedral. The city is home to a wealth (40) __________ museums, galleries, bars and restaurants, and (41) ___________ twice played host to the Winter Olympics, so it has (42) ___________ winter-sports facilities, and - just a short train ride out of town - ski tracks to challenge the most accomplished of skiers.