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For thousands of years, yogis across India have raised a spiralled seashell to their lips, taken a deep breath, and released a resonant, echoing note. This is known as conch or shankh blowing, an ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A 76-year-old Maryland sailing enthusiast won the men's division of the 51st annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in Key West on Saturday. Bill Ochse of Ocean City impressed the ...

A conch shell found in a cave used by the Magdalenian people of the late Upper Palaeolithic was originally thought to be a cup, but a new analysis suggests they used it as a kind of horn. That would ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (CBSMiami) — Dozens of contestants blew their own horns in Key West Saturday, but none did it better than 76-year-old sailing buff Bill Ochse of Ocean City, Md. Winners of the quirky ...

In 1931, archaeologists discovered a conch shell—then assumed to be a drinking vessel—in the Marsoulas Cave, famous for its long history of sheltering early humans and providing a trove of artifacts, ...

Several dozen fans of the fluted, pink-lined conch shell displayed their pucker power Saturday during Key West’s 58th annual ConchShell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys. When the “conch honk” ...

A large conch shell that had been languishing in a museum for decades has been revealed as the oldest known seashell instrument after archaeologists examined it more closely and realized belatedly ...

06:01, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 Updated: 12:26, Mon, Aug 11, 2025 Scientists have come up with an unusual solution for sleep problems — try blowing through a conch shell. A study in India found that people ...

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — A woman who plays the French Horn in the Royal Canadian Navy took top honors in Key West’s 58th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest Saturday. Alliszon Zaichkowski of Victoria, ...

Regularly blowing through a conch shell for six months significantly improved sleep among a small group of people with sleep apnea, researchers in India found. Photo by Kitreel/Adobe Stock/HealthDay ...