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Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 4

Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 4

The 4th day of Oxbow Advent brings books all about the ancient Near East! Books on this page of 50% off today only.

Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 2

Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 2

On the second day of Oxbow Advent, Casemate Academic gave to me… 10 books on the Ancient Mediterranean.

Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 1

Oxbow Advent 2024 – Day 1

Starting things off for this year’s Oxbow Advent are ten books all about Rome and her provinces!

The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun

The Real Treasure of Tutankhamun

In this blog, Rogério Sousa, co-editor of Tutankhamun and Carter, sheds light on overlooked objects and much-admired treasures found in King Tut’s tomb.

The Hart of the Matter

The Hart of the Matter

From art and literature, to royal emblems, to your local pub, the white hart has leapt and gamboled across British history, taking shelter under the ancient trees of deer parks…. READ MORE

The Symbolic Animal

The Symbolic Animal

Here is your sign to learn more about what makes humans ‘symbolic animals’. In this blog, Guido Guarducci, co-editor of Archaeology of Symbols, explores the ways in which people have used… READ MORE

A Date with the Two Cerne Giants

A Date with the Two Cerne Giants

Have you seen the stories about the Cerne Abbas Giant in the news? Want to learn more? Enjoy this exclusive insight into an exciting Windgather Press volume on the subject.

Bringing Past Invisible Economic Processes to Light

Bringing Past Invisible Economic Processes to Light

In this blog, Julia Steding sheds light on what sustainable practices can tell us about past societies, revealing some of the surprising ways in which objects were kept in the economic cycle…