Archaeologists Bring Out Near-Perfect Notes From a 17,000-Yr-Old Conch Shell Thought to Be a Drinking Vessel Archaeologists ...

At 17,000 years old, it is the oldest known conch shell horn. Whether the horn was used for communication, religious practices, or entertainment isn’t clear, but Jean-Michel Court, a musicologist at ...

To confirm the theory, the team brought a horn player on board ... on the culture of hunter-gatherers in Paleolithic times. Conch shells have held a special place in many societies.

People from ages 8 to 88 are among those expected to “blow their own horns” in Key West on Saturday, March 8, attempting a ...

Like a fog horn guiding ships through ocean waves, the deep sound of a conch shell called dancers to the floor as the slow, ...