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 ...

Conch shells, found buried at ancient Pueblo sites in New Mexico, were likely used as communication devices across the arid landscape. James Wainscoat via Unsplash If you were standing on the edge of ...

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

Having grown up in a mainstream Indian household, the shankh or the conch shell as I know is a symbol of a beautiful natural work of art and is associated with Lord Krishna. Its sound is supposed to ...

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.

The artwork in Whitehaven was made by Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz The sounds of Caribbean conch shells will be heard at a harbour in an art project intended to highlight Britain's colonial past ...

PUNE: Madhukar Sidhaye looks much younger than his 78 years. He is a busy man guiding a group of 15 young conch blowers — shankh pathaks.“I have been blowing the conch for 45 years now, and for 40 of ...