In Hindu mythology, Shankha is also used synonymously with wisdom and spirituality and is referred to as the preserver of ...

Pilgrims chant bhajan as they reach the Holy Amarnath Cave #AmarnathYatra2025 (Source: Raj Bhavan) pic.twitter.com/8OjvLPTeKG ...

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 Marsoulas conch shell Carole Fritz et al. 2021. Conch shells have been used as sacred objects or musical instruments across history, with the authors suggesting the previously oldest known ...

Yves Mondelus, a master conch cracker at the popular Da Conch Shack restaurant demonstrates how to remove the meat from the shell. “If you are on a deserted island all you need is a hammer and a ...

Only in 2016 did researchers begin to analyze the shell anew. Artifacts like this conch help paint a picture of how cave dwellers lived, said Carole Fritz, an archaeologist at the University of ...

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 ...