This terracotta lamp decorated with two fishes and a horse would have been used by the ancient Romans for artificial light; it would have been fuelled by olive oil and could easily be carried from ...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump says he will return a set of ancient oil lamps to the Israel Antiquities Authority. “These historic items were presented by a representative of the Israeli ...
A set of ancient ceramic oil lamps missing for more than three years have reportedly been found at Donald Trump’s Florida estate. (JTA) — The Israel Antiquities Authority believes that a set ...
The next step in advance was the invention in 1774 by the Abbe Matherot de Perigny of an oil lamp with a silvered reflector. The way in which this reflector distributed the light led some to think ...