20 ALBUMS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ANCIENT WORLD

20 ALBUMS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE ANCIENT WORLD

Artist: Huun-Huur-Tu & The Bulgarian Voices Angelite
Album: Fly, Fly My Sadness
Civilizations: Tuvan & Bulgarian, Turk & Slav
Estimated Period, Location : 700s AD, Byzantine Empire, Gokturk Empire

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Artist: Marie Keyrouz
Album: Chants Sacr?s Melchites - Hymnes ? la Vierge
Civilization: Lebanese Maronite
Estimated Period, Location : 500s AD, Byzantine Empire

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Artist: Sa Ding Ding
Album: Alive
Civilization: Tibetan, Mongolian, Chinese
Estimated Period: Modernized Traditional Music, No specific period


Artist: Jordi Savall
Album: La Folia
Civilization: Spanish
Estimated Period: Baroque Period, 1500s to the end of 1600s AD

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Artist: Omnia
Album: Alive!
Civilization: Pagan
Estimated Period: 900s AD, North Europe

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Artist: Garmarna
Album: Guds speleman
Civilization: Swedish
Estimated Period: 900s AD, Gotaland


Artist: Gor
Album: Phlegraei
Civilization: Italian
Estimated Period: 1300s AD, Byzantine Empire


Artist: Project Ars Nova
Album: The Island of St. Hylarion
Civilization: Lusignan Dynasty, French Nobles
Estimated Period: 1400s AD, Cyprus

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Artist: Synaulia
Album: La musica dell'antica Roma, volume 2: Strumenti a corda
Civilization: Etruscan
Estimated Period: 150 BC, Pre-Roman Empire

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Artist: Ensemble De Organographia
Album: Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians & Greeks
Civilization: Sumerian, Egyptian, Greek
Estimated Period: 3000s to 100 BC, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Greece

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Artist: Mahmoud Effat
Album: Mahmoud Effat
Civilization: Egyptian, Arabic
Estimated Period: 800s AD, Arabic Peninsula, Egypt

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Artist: Toshi Tsuchitori
Album: Sanukaito Stone Sounds Of The Paleolithic Era In Japan
Civilization: Pre-Historic Time in Japan
Estimated Period: 10000 BC, Japan

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Artist: Nashville Early Music Ensemble
Album: Ashir Shirim
Civilization: Jews
Estimated Period: 600 BC, Jerusalem

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Artist: Melpomen
Album: Ancient Greek Music
Civilization: Greek
Estimated Period: 400 BC, West Anatolia

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Artist: Jose Cabezas
Album: Ancient Winds, Peaceful Dove
Civilization: Incan
Estimated Period: 1400s AD, Peru


Artist: Psarantonis
Album: Crete, Son of Psiloritis
Civilization: Post-Byzantine, Cretan
Estimated Period: 1400s AD, Crete


Artist: Black Lodge Singers
Album: Enter The Circle
Civilization: Native American
Estimated Period: 1600s AD, North America

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Artist: Ash Dargan
Album: Earth Rhythms, Didjeridoo & World Percussion
Civilization: Australian Aborigine
Estimated Period: 10000 BC, Australia

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Artist: The Kamkars
Album: Chant of Drums
Civilization: Kurdish, Persian
Estimated Period: 600s AD, Sasanid Empire

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Artist: Guan PingHu
Album: Masters of Traditional Chinese Music: Guqin
Civilization: Chinese
Estimated Period: 500 BC, Chinese

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Honorable Mention

Artist: Bashir Abd El-al
Album: The Art Of The Arabian Flute / The Nay
Civilization: Egyptian
Estimated Period: 300 AD, Egypt

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Artist: Era
Album: Era
Civilization: European
Estimated Period: 1000s AD, Medieval Europe


Artist: Aka Pygmies
Album: Aka Pygmy Music
Civilization: Central African Pygmyies
Estimated Period: 30000 BC, Africa