"Everything that happens in the room feeds through this tortoise shell lyre, and becomes incorporated in this feedback loop." Of course, the books — as physical objects in the space — are a crucial ...

İZMİR - A Turkish university lecturer has created the closest replica of classical antiquity’s Lyre of Hermes, bringing the sounds of the Hellenistic people to life. Serkan Çelik, a lecturer ...

The latter symbolizes the tortoise shell lyre of Orpheus, the legendary musician and poet known for his mesmerizing melodies. Lyra is also the name of a well-known constellation in the night sky.

The tortoise looked like Freddy Krueger before his new shell. — -- A tortoise has a second chance in life after a team of designers in Brazil custom-made a shell for the reptile, which was ...

Apollo gave his son Orpheus a lyre of gold and tortoise shell. Orpheus mastered the instrument so completely that no one and nothing could resist his playing and singing: ...

Tortoise with Shattered Shell Gets $4,000 Surgery to Save its Life Published Apr 19, 2018 at 11:24 AM EDT "Humpty," the injured tortoise, is pictured with zip ties holding his shell together.

A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering this week from a three-hour operation that cost $4,000.

Used in classical Athens, the Chelys-Lyra is a lyre consisting of a tortoise-shell sound compartment with skin stretched over the opening. Two bars with a crossbar attached extend from the shell and ...

SAN DIEGO — A wayward tortoise that cracked its shell after falling off a 10-foot wall in California is recovering after vets used screws, zip ties and denture material to repair it. San Diego ...