The ancestors of the guitar can be traced back to various ancient plucked instruments in ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon, and ancient Persia, two to three thousand years ago. The oldest modern guitar like instrument found by archaeologists is from BC1400The "Hittite guitar" that lived on the ancient Hittite city gate ruins in Asia Minor and northern Syria years ago.8The curved body of the guitar determines its unique sound resonance and instrumental characteristics, which also become the most prominent feature of the guitar compared to other plucked instruments.

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