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.

LARGE WHITE SHELL, WHICH HAS BEEN CUT PARTIALLY AWAY. ELABORATE SILVER FITTINGS: LOTUS-FORM MOUTHPIECE W/DRAGON & PETAL DESIGNS IN RELIEF; BROAD FLANGE CURLING OUT OF SHELL & EXTENDING TO OTHER END ...

Now you can hear a marine-inspired melody from before the time of the Little Mermaid’s hot crustacean band. Acoustic scientists put their lips to ancient conch shells to figure out how humans used ...