We know that the rocks of Stonehenge were carried there from over 200 miles away, but we’ve never known why. Now, researchers say they believe it was for the special sonic qualities of a particular ...

TRA Vinh province has set a new record for having a collection of the highest number of stone musical instruments -- a set of 30 lithophones. This has been recognised by the Vietnam Record ...

For many decades, stone artifacts that had been found in the San Luis Valley, and Great Sand Dunes National Park, had been a mystery. That was until an archaeologist based in Longmont decided to take ...

Researchers thought the rounded stones found in the desert — clearly shaped by human hands — were used to grind nuts or seeds. But archaeologist Marilyn Martorano says they are actually lithophones. A ...

Paris - Thousands of years after they resonated in caves, two dozen stone chimes used by our prehistoric forefathers will make music once more in a unique series of concerts in Paris. Known as ...

On Friday, Sept. 6, the Brush Area Museum-Cultural Center Sack Lunch program will feature Marilyn Martorano, a registered professional archaeologist who will present on lithophones in Colorado. The ...

This is the eighth ina series of articles about classical Chinese instruments and the traditional Chinese music orchestra, in which we explore how musicians play the eight different types of ...

Thousands of years after they resonated in caves, 24 stone chimes used by our prehistoric forefathers will make music once more in a unique series of concerts in Paris. Known as lithophones, the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Editor’s note: This is part of The Know’s series, Staff Favorites. Each week, we give our opinions on the best that Colorado has to offer for dining, ...

Roughly ten millennia ago, musicians didn’t lug amps or guitars around to their shows—they lugged lithophones, or instruments made of resonant rocks. The oldest lithophones ever found will be played ...

In the classroom, UCLA Professor Michael Chwe lectures about political science and game theory but outside of the classroom, Professor Chwe enjoys making instruments from store-bought materials.