June
10
/ 2023
An archaeological site in Israel was excavated in the 1950’s, but somehow, a collection of 12,000-year-old bone flutes didn’t surface. Last year a team of researchers returned to excavate the site again, and this time recovered the musical instruments which are being heralded as “some of the oldest in the world.” Furthermore, when played, the flutes make the sounds of specific birds of prey. Probing The Prehistoric World of Flutes Before we kick off, the oldest flute in the world is the Neanderthal flute discovered in the Divje Babe cave, in Slovenia. Dating back to approximately 60,000-year-ago, this flute was made from the femur bones of a cave bear. And while the flutes recently discovered in Israel date back a
