THE BOAT
24 young ammonites on their journey across the Styx into the underworld – this bizarre piece may almost remind you of Greek mythology.
The shells of 24 very young ammonites are packed tightly together in this elongated concretion. Strangely enough, they are all about the same size and shape, but belong to two different genera. Why did they all die so early? And why were they then embedded so close together in the mud of the sea? Will we ever be able to answer these questions after more than 100 million years?
