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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 ...
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Startling sounds from 6,000-year-old shells hint at their ancient use

Oddly shaped conch shells found at Neolithic archaeological sites dating back 6,000 years could have served as technology for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Say These Conch Shells May Have Been Used as Early Musical Instruments 6,000 Years Ago

New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to ...
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Archaeologists discover 6,000-year-old musical shells which are as loud as a lawnmower

The shells of Charonia lampas (the pink lady conch, now on the verge of extinction) were found in Catalonia in north east Spain, and date from around 4500 – 3000 BC. They all had their tips cut off to ...
Ancient Origins

Shell Trumpets Reveal 6,000-Year-Old Sound & Comms Technology

The research, published in the journal Antiquity by archaeologist and professional trumpet player Miquel López-García and his colleague Margarita Díaz-Andreu from the University of Barcelona, examined ...
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These Trumpet-Like Conch Shells Found In Spain May Have Been Used For Communication 6,000 Years Ago

It’s said that when you hold a conch shell to your ear, you can hear the roar of the ocean. Now, researchers have proposed ...
Courthouse News Service

Ancient Conch Shell Makes Music After 18,000 Years

(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 ...
The Art Newspaper

Hear the sound of an ancient conch horn, played again after 18,000 years

Researchers have identified the earliest known conch shell horn adapted by humans and have heard it played for the first time in 18,000 years, according to a new study published in the open-access ...
CNN

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument

Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like. The shell was largely overlooked ...
Gizmodo

After 17,000 Years, a Rediscovered Conch Horn Is Played Again

The seashell has been collecting dust on a museum shelf in Toulouse for the past 80 years, and before that, it had spent all of recorded history, plus a few millennia, on the floor of a cave in the ...
Mena FN

Ayodhya To Resonate With Sound Of 1,111 Conch Shells

(MENAFN- IANS) Ayodhya, Jan 11 (IANS) Ayodhya will resonate with the sound of 1,111 conch shells during the Pran Pratishtha ceremony on January 22. According to the information provided by the culture ...
Indiatimes

Shankha: Conch of power and spirituality

Company Secretary - Aditi Maheshwari & Associates. Author- The Unblinking Eye! and Walking The Rainbow of Life! With an illustrious history dating back centuries, the conch’s story weaves through ...