A horn made from a conch shell over 17,000 years ago has blasted out musical notes for the first time in millennia. Archaeologists originally found the seashell in 1931, in a French cave that contains ...

After 18,000 years of silence, an ancient musical instrument played its first notes. The last time anyone heard a sound from the conch shell trumpet, thick sheets of ice still covered most of Europe.

Some 18,000 years ago, in a cave in what we now call France, a human being left behind something precious: a conch shell. It was not just any conch shell. Its tip had been lopped off—unlikely by ...

A conch shell found in a cave used by the Magdalenian people of the late Upper Palaeolithic was originally thought to be a cup, but a new analysis suggests they used it as a kind of horn. That would ...

(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 ...

Researchers in France say they’ve identified an 18,000-year-old conch shell as a musical instrument, and you can hear somebody play it. Researchers analyzing an 18,000-year-old conch shell found in ...

A never-before-heard sound comes to Historic Studio D thanks to award-winning conch shell music maker Jayne Challman, of Rehoboth Beach, Del. Jayne tells us how she started playing conch shells and ...

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 ...

Music from the large conch probably hadn’t been heard by human ears for 17,000 years. By Katherine Kornei See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los ...

NEWPORT — While it was his trusty trumpet most frequently featured during his 2½ decades performing with the U.S. Navy Band, it's his passion for playing seashells that launched Don Chilton’s ...

KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.