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Archaeologists Say These Conch Shells May Have Been Used as Early Musical Instruments 6,000 Years Ago
New research suggests that a collection of conch shells unearthed in Spain may have once produced melodies, in addition to ...
Scientists in Spain have discovered ancient shells which they believe could be among the oldest known musical instruments in ...
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Conch shells may be 6,000-year-old instruments, researchers say
Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient ...
The shells of Charonia lampas (the pink lady conch, now on the verge of extinction) were found in Catalonia in north east Spain, and date from around 4500 – 3000 BC. They all had their tips cut off to ...
It’s said that when you hold a conch shell to your ear, you can hear the roar of the ocean. Now, researchers have proposed ...
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 ...
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.
Researchers played ancient shells unearthed from Catalonia, Spain, and detected a sound similar to what is produced by French ...
Mayim Bialik took over Jeopardy! hosting duties last week. Not long into her stint a New Type of Guy dropped on the set as Laurence Long from East Bend, North Carolina, showed up with a heck of a yarn ...
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — No longer a theoretical threat, overfishing across the globe has wiped out species from areas where they once thrived. And one result is that it’s taken off the table beloved ...
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