Conch: etymology, origin, and its significance in the Mahabharata

The Wordle word of the day is conch, which at first feels deceptively mild. A shell. A beachside curiosity. Something you ...
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Archaeologists say these conch shells may have been used as early musical instruments 6,000 years ago

Twelve large conch shells found in Spain may have been used as trumpet-like instruments, according to new research. Two archaeologists from the University of Barcelona, Miquel López-García and ...
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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 ...
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 ...
The New York Times

Hear the Sound of a Seashell Horn Found in an Ancient French Cave

Music from the large conch probably hadn’t been heard by human ears for 17,000 years. By Katherine Kornei In 1931, researchers working in southern France unearthed a large seashell at the entrance to ...