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| Aztec Conch Trumpeter (Public Domain) |
Three poignant notes recently rang out from an instrument that hadn’t been played for the past 18,000 years.
A musical triad, approximating the sounds of C, C# and D, emanated from this prehistoric conch trumpet. When discovered by archaeologists back in 1931, the object had simply been thought to be “a ceremonial drinking cup.”
University of Toulouse researchers have come to a different conclusion. One of their own, who happens to also be “a horn player,” drew these melodious breaths from the remains of a creature that lived long ago.
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