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chuvashi t1_j21m08s wrote

Am I right to assume that we don’t ACTUALLY know what ancient Egyptian music sounded like? The common melodic motif in pop culture that is associated with Egypt has nothing to do with it, and was just made up? If I’m right, where did this motif come from? If I’m wrong, how do we know it actually comes from (ancient) Egypt?

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Additional-Fee1780 t1_j21swnj wrote

The one that goes, “There’s a place called France where the naked ladies dance”? It was made up for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair.

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