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.

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 ...

Research into senses and perceptions can greatly enrich our understanding of human experiences in the past. In recent decades, sensory studies have gained ground in archaeology, allowing researchers ...

Lucknow: The temple town of Ayodhya will resonate with the sound of 1111 conch shells during the pran pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla on January 22. Before the grand opening ceremony of Ram Temple in ...

Turks and Caicos turned their love of conch into an annual event. In 2004, the first Conch Festival took place in Blue Hills, a settlement in Providenciales. Since then, this special event continues ...

Company Secretary - Aditi Maheshwari & Associates. Author- The Unblinking Eye! and Walking The Rainbow of Life! With an illustrious history dating back centuries, the conch’s story weaves through ...

Could blowing a conch shell help treat sleep apnoea? As a doctor working in sleep medicine, this unexpected news story certainly grabbed my attention. My first reaction was scepticism – sleep ...

Want to ease your sleep apnea and get a better night's sleep? Blow through a conch shell, a new pilot clinical trial says. Regularly blowing through a conch shell for six months, like Disney princess ...