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 ...

Miquel López-García is an archaeologist. He’s also a professional trumpeter, performing in many styles from jazz and funk to salsa and Catalan folk music. And as a child, he told The Guardian, he ...

From above, it’s easy to see the Fibonacci spiral created by a pink stucco home, built into an imposing cliffside in Sedona, Arizona. From below, residents can walk through it, beginning at a central ...

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 ...

We all know conch shells as loud horns that can be heard from long distances. Humans have used them for millennia for messaging. But a team of researchers in Barcelona has proposed that a nearby ...

Archaeologists have played shell trumpets from Neolithic Catalonia, revealing they were highly effective for long-distance communication and possibly among the earliest musical instruments in Europe.