Archaeologists working in northeastern Spain say a cache of conch shells was not just decorative debris from ancient shorelines but a set of carefully modified instruments that once filled Neolithic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) – The good vibes and drinks were flowing at the Little Village Conch Shell Festival in historic St.

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 ...

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Tereha Davis, whose family has fished for conch from waters around the Bahamas for five generations, remembers when she could walk into the water from the beach and pick up ...

Twelve large conch shells found in Spain may have been used as trumpet-like instruments, according to new research. Two archaeologists from the University of Barcelona, Miquel López-García and ...

Conch shells serve as paperweights, bowls, musical instruments and Christmas ornaments. While conch can be pricey in the U.S. and elsewhere, it’s so ubiquitous in the Bahamas that finding a filling ...

Researchers discovered a long-uncovered conch shell was actually a musical instrument, not a broken drinking cup, as once ...

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.