WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Christmas carols are one of our oldest holiday traditions. In fact, they probably predate the holiday. Music itself is ancient, dating back to before the written word.

The oldest known piece of recorded music, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal, is more than 3,000 years old. Thespis of Icaria, credited with inventing performative acting, recited poetry while pretending ...

The clay tablets which contain the notation for Hurrian Hymn no. 6 were discovered in the ruins of the ... It’s said to be an an ode to Nikkal, a goddess of harvest and fertility. Contemporary ...

which is a hymn dedicated to the goddess Nikkal, the wife of the moon God, written in the Hurrian, Akkadian and Ugaritic languages, in a poetic style that expresses love and delicate feelings ...

The oldest music we have proof of is known as the “Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal” or “Hurrian Hymn No. 6.” It is essentially prayers set to music to Nikkal, Goddess of the orchards and wife of ...