Why are ammonites so important to palaeontology?

Why are ammonites so important to palaeontology?

Click on the photo to enlarge this ammonite fossil from The Seaboard Centre in the Highlands of Scotland. Making sense of ammonite fossils What are ammonite fossils? Ammonites are extinct sea creatures with a spiral shell that lived millions of years ago. Today, they...
Was this curious carved post thought to ward off ‘witches’?

Was this curious carved post thought to ward off ‘witches’?

Were 17th Century ‘Witch Posts’ used for warding off witches? Posts like this have been known as ‘witch posts’ for at least a hundred years due to the theory that they were designed to discourage evil from entering the home. But why? Three ‘witch...
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