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 ...

most oil and kerosene lamps have a basic formula that hasn't changed much over the years. If you're planning to use your oil ...

Israeli officials recently announced the discovery of an unusual oil lamp dating to the fourth century, just in time for Hanukkah. In a Facebook post published Thursday, the Israel Antiquities ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an incredible ceramic oil lamp from the Late Roman ... after which was ready for use. “This method of producing lamps in molds allowed for refined designs, as ...

Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning. Give me oil in my lamp, I pray. Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning, Keep me burning till the break of day. ChorusSing hosanna, sing hosanna ...

The oil lamp discovered at Mezad Tzafir was produced ... a trade route was in use in the 4th-6th centuries CE. In order to secure the shipments of copper, and possibly even gold from the mines ...

Bartholomew, of Northford, Ct., who has taken measures to secure a patent.-The inventor uses an additional oil lamp, and a copper or other metallic tube, which is suspended over this last-named ...

A rare ceramic oil lamp from the late Roman period that bears images of items used in the Second Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.