Vietnam discovers 2,000-year-old stringed instrument

Researchers have found a 2,000-year-old insturmented crafted from a deer antler in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, one of the earliest examples of a stringed instrument ever found in Southeast Asia. Discovered along the Mekong River in southern Vietnam, the 2,000-year-old instrument resembles a single-stringed harp and may have been an ancestor to the complex musical instruments people still plucked today in Vietnam, according to UK-based science website IFLScience. “This stringed instrument, or chordophone, is one of the earliest examples of this type of instrument in Southeast Asia,” Campos said. Researchers have found a 2,000-year-old insturmented crafted from a deer antler in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, one of the earliest examples of a stringed instrument ever found in Southeast Asia. “This stringed instrument, or chordophone, is one of the earliest examples of this type of instrument in Southeast Asia,” Campos said.