A large conch shell overlooked in a museum for decades is now thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument — and it still works, producing a deep, plaintive bleat, like a foghorn from the ...

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.

Bablu Nandi at work and (right) the National Award-winning conch shell Courtesy: Bablu Nandi However, he wanted to do more and began training in khodai, or engraving work, with his school teacher ...