Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

(CN) — Scientists have concluded that an ancient conch shell recovered from the renowned painted Marsoulas cave in the Pyrenees mountains is the earliest wind instrument of its kind on record and ...

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Archaeologists think it is one of the oldest known man-made conch shell horns, and was discovered inside the Marsoulas cave at the bottom of the French Pyrenees in 1931. Researchers first thought the ...

Pune: In a special ceremony preserving traditional and spiritual significance, conch shell (shanknaad) players created devotional melodies through seven rhythmic cycles in Pune on Sunday. A total of ...

Pat D'Angelo, of North Wildwood, poses for a picture by a set of wings made by Chris Pohle, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. The display is located at 7th Street and JFK Boulevard in North Wildwood. (Tim Hawk ...

An ancient conch shell found in a cave in Marsoulas, in the French Pyrenees, has been identified as a wind instrument used by craftsmen in the Palaeolithic period about 18,000 years ago.

Now you can hear a marine-inspired melody from before the time of the Little Mermaid’s hot crustacean band. Acoustic scientists put their lips to ancient conch shells to figure out how humans used ...