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If you hear the sound of a conch shell or a temple bell in the morning, God is sending you this auspicious sign.

In Hinduism, the early morning hours—specifically the *Brahma Muhurta* and the time of sunrise—are considered the most sacred ...
Phys.org

Call of the conch: Archaeologists suggest Indigenous Americans used sound to organize local communities

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 ...
Sacramento Bee

Ancient shells — found in American West — may have been used as trumpets, study says

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 ...
Hyperallergic

Listen to the Sounds of an 18,000-year-old Conch

Music elites better table your ukuleles and unplug your theremins; science is bringing the noise with the newest in niche musical instruments. Or, more accurately, one of the oldest. A massive conch ...
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The spiritual significance of morning sounds in Hinduism

Understanding the Sacred Morning Hours In Hindu beliefs, the early morning, particularly during *Brahma Muhurta* and at ...
EurekAlert!

Earliest known conch shell horn plays its tune for the first time in 17,000 years

For the first time in more than 17,000 years, three mellifluous musical notes - close in tone to C, D, and C sharp - have reverberated from a conch shell modified to serve as a wind instrument. The ...
Ars Technica

Listen to haunting notes from an 18,000-year-old conch shell trumpet

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.
Wired

Listen to an 18,000-Year-Old Instrument Sing Once More

Some 18,000 years ago, in a cave in what we now call France, a human being left behind something precious: a conch shell. It was not just any conch shell. Its tip had been lopped off—unlikely by ...
WJHG

4th Annual Little Village Conch Shell Festival happening this weekend

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - It’s time to sound the Conch for the 4th Annual Little Village Conch Shell Festival! Mary Lou the Conch Queen gave NewsChannel 7 a visit to tell us all about it! The ...
CNN

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument

Scientists analyzing a conch shell believed to be the oldest wind instrument of its type in the world have released a recording of what it would have sounded like. The shell was largely overlooked ...
nerdist

Listen to Somebody Blow an 18,000-Year-Old Conch Instrument

Researchers analyzing an 18,000-year-old conch shell found in 1931 say that it was indeed used as a musical instrument millennia ago. The conch shell, unearthed in the Marsoulas Cave in Southwestern ...