Conch piercings are typically more painful, ... which gets its name from the ear’s resemblance to a conch shell, ... then insert the needle and jewelry. The whole process takes only a few minutes.

Conch Chain, $17.50+, etsy.com The kind of ear jewelry you opt for at the time of piercing can also make a difference. Ashley tells me, “While everyone loves the look of a ring in a conch ...

The Marsoulas conch shell Carole Fritz et al. 2021. Conch shells have been used as sacred objects or musical instruments across history, with the authors suggesting the previously oldest known ...

Conch pearls are harvested by fisherman, and the odds of finding an acceptable pearl are only one in every 10,000 to 20,000 shells collected. Attempts to culture them have failed.

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.

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 ...