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Conch shells may be 6,000-year-old instruments, researchers say

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Hear the Musical Sounds of an 18,000-Year-Old Giant Conch

Artist's rendering of a prehistoric human playing the ancient conch instrument G. Tosello A team of researchers was studying the archaeological inventory of the Natural History Museum of Toulouse in ...
Classic FM

This 18,000-year-old shell is ‘oldest wind instrument of its kind’ – hear its haunting sound

Scientists have unveiled the ancient song of an Ice Age conch shell, believed to be the oldest known wind instrument of its kind. The 18,000-year-old shell lay forgotten in a French museum for 80 ...
7News Miami

Delaware woman, Florida man win conch blowing contest

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — For a Delaware woman and a Florida man, past mastery of the trombone was the secret to winning top honors in Key West’s annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest on Saturday. Jayne ...
The Telegraph

Flavours of Bengal: Shankha

Shaankha is the white bangle made from conch shell that is traditionally worn by Hindu married women in Bengal. It is generally paired with pola, or bangles made of coral. A set of shaankha and pola ...