The sound of a conch shell is one of the most sacred sounds in Hinduism. It echoes through temples, homes, weddings, and ...

Many people begin their day with prayers, meditation, or positive thoughts in the hope of attracting peace and prosperity. In ...

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.

Archaeologists have modeled the auditory range of conch-shell trumpets in the 9th–11th century US Southwest, proposing that the sound was key in the structuring of pre-Columbian Pueblo communities. At ...

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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 ...