[drieddust]

Two old yet alive Indian languages Sanskrit and Tamil have hymns even older. I wonder why Sanskrit and it's rich collection of hymns completely gets ignored.

Nasadiya Suktam[0] from RigVeda[1] ponders the questions of our origins in sweet melody.

[0] https://youtu.be/SYlP7DXtyQ8

[1] https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda

[cynicalguy]

Came here to saw this. The problem with the internet as a whole is euro-centrism. Pretty sure even Chinese culture has equally old "hymns" and songs.

South American too, but the conquistadors destroyed everything.

[bloppe]

Hurrian Hymn No. 6 is not European, and this does not claim to be older than the Rig Veda. The difference is that the vedas do not describe melodies; just literature. They were probably sung with specific melodies, but nobody knows what the originals are anymore