Small oil lamp wick from 1,500 years ago found in ancient desert town A unique lamp wick dating to the Byzantine period has been uncovered, according to the Antiquities Authority on Monday, the final ...
Many 18th-century lamps used oil to produce light. If whale oil was not available, the lamps could use olive oil. The oil was kept in a reservoir, usually metal, that had three or four burners with ...
Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. An extremely rare ...
Our expert breaks down the best vintage-style hurricane and oil lamps for both form and function through rainy days and dark nights. Q: We just went through eight long days without power, and the ...
The wicks, preserved in unusual circumstances, are a remarkable discovery given the moist Mediterranean climate, which typically causes organic materials to decompose. A unique archaeological find in ...
Archaeologists have discovered a rare oil lamp, shaped like a grotesque face cut in half, at the foundation of a building erected in Jerusalem’s City of David shortly after the destruction of the ...
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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 ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by John Fleming of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania that received patent ...
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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