Many of us tend to think that the people of early cultures were less sophisticated than us. The wealthiest people may have lived lives of luxury with gold and slaves, but admittedly we cannot really imagine how everyday life was in detail. Maybe that’s why the fine inlays on the front of this bull headed lyre are so stunning. They tell of satire and self-irony, of lost dignity and greed, but also of humanism, and they demonstrate that mankind hasn’t changed much over the last 4,500 years. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"69267","attributes":{"alt":"Full shot of the Bull Headed Lyre found in the Sumerian Royal Tombs of Ur, being painted at the Penn Museum. (Penn Museum)","class":"media-image","height":"454","style":"width: 610px; height: 454px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] Full shot of the Bull Headed Lyre
