Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument
arts Updated 11th February 2021 Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old musical instrument Written by Jack Guy, CNN 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 when it was found at the Marsoulas Cave in the Pyrenees mountain range in 1931, but researchers from France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); the Museum of Toulouse; the University of Toulouse -- Jean Jaurès; and the Musée du quai Branly -- Jacques-Chirac have rele...