(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 ...

It seems an ancient music maker removed six spires on the conch, creating "a rounded opening with irregular edges." Due to the shell's robust strength, researchers thought it was unlikely this ...

A set of wings made out of conch shells, created by Wildwood resident, Chris Pohle, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. The display is located at 7th Street and JFK Boulevard in North Wildwood.

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 ...

Among the most valuable objects recovered are an incised and painted human skull, at least 500 years old, and an incised and painted conch shell from roughly the same period, Mexican archaeologist ...