In 1980, a fisherman snagged his net on a notorious shipwreck: the Royal Navy’s first HMS Invincible, lost for 221 years. Since then, discoveries ranging from gun calibres to buttons have raised even more questions[…]
The Crown of England: A Second Look at Castles in Britain
In anticipation of his new book, Cannon Played From The Great Fort, Richard Israel reveals how Sandal Castle, alongside other castles deemed ‘weak’ in British history, were actually essential as social strongholds in the midst[…]
Searching for Interdisciplinarity in Archaeology: A Fascinating Story
Margarita Díaz-Andreu tells us how her personal journey inspired her most ambitious project yet: Interdisciplinarity and Archaeology, the first book to explore the relationship between archaeology and other branches of knowledge. Universities’ greed for external funds[…]
Current Archaeology ‘Book of the Year’ Nominations
Voting has now opened for the 2021 Current Archaeology Awards, which celebrate the projects and publications that made the pages of the magazine over the past 12 months, as well as people judged to have made outstanding[…]
Oxbow Books 2020 Advent Calendar
50% off five new books every day until Christmas! This year has been an uncertain one for everyone, and with Christmas coming, we’re trying to bring a little bit of normality back with our now-traditional[…]
Walking Britain’s Roman Roads with Dr. Simon Elliott
In the upcoming program ‘Walking Britain’s Roman Roads’, Dan Jones traces Britain’s Roman past through six of their roads with help from experts, including Oxbow Books author Dr. Simon Elliott. One of the real pleasures[…]
Old Testament Warriors: The Clash of Cultures in the Ancient Near East
Oxbow Books and Casemate UK author SIMON ELLIOTT discusses his forthcoming book, Old Testament Warriors, an ambitious, accessible book which explores the history of conflict from c. 9000BC to 500BC. My name is Dr Simon Elliott[…]
Stitching it Together – The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery
How does a book on a “Lost Art” come into being? DR. ALEXANDRA LESTER-MAKIN shares how her research into medieval embroidery began, and evolved into the book The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred[…]
Behind the Scenes of TV archaeology with Dr Simon Elliott
From Time Team to Digging for Britain, we’ve always loved to watch archaeology on the small screen. But what’s it really like? DR SIMON ELLIOTT takes us behind the scenes of Great British Dig: History in Your Back[…]