IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This open oil-wick lamp was ...
Israeli archaeologists discovered rare preserved lamp wicks believed to be some 4,000 years old during excavations for a new neighborhood in Yehud, in central Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by Edward Gough, of Allentown, Pennsylvania that received patent ...
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Researchers discovered three Bronze Age wicks in exceptional condition while building new neighborhood in Israel
Archaeologists have uncovered rare lamp wicks in a new neighborhood at Yehud, Israel. The findings regarding this discovery were published in a study by ATIQOT. According to the investigation, these ...
Few people stayed up at night in the years before 1800 because there were so few sources of light. An open fire, a candle or a rush dipped in oil could be lit. Then whale-oil lamps became popular.
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