Image: Egypt, Ancient Thebes, Dayr al-Madinah (Deir el-Medina), tomb of Anherkha, mural painting of deceased Khai-Inherkha and wife before blind harpist, c. Despite this though, I enjoy looking into things like the harp even if I am not nearly as interested as I once was as it still holds some importance in my life, same goes for the way collective cultures view instruments in their histories. However, just as these societies had changing tastes, as did I. Music holds a very important place in my life and harps are also very important, as they were an instrument I was very focused on during one period of my life when I was younger. This symbol is interesting to me as learning about different instruments, such as the harp, and how they held importance in certain cultures helps me better understand the music that was created with them and is now created with them.
However, the harp that once held so much importance declined in popularity in the Eastern Mediterranean regions and these societies shifted their attention to more sophisticated” instruments. The nobles of Ancient Egypt so deeply saw the importance of the harp (benet) that they brought is music everywhere-even the Valley of the Dead, the great necropolis at Thebes. “Harp (Or musical instruments in general, but I focused on harps)
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