Terracotta lamp from Anatolia with curled-up sleeping dog in high-relief (1st-4th c. CE) (all images courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and all featured in ‘Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul ...

For the nearly two centuries since this Etruscan oil lamp was found near the city of Cortona, Italy, it has confounded scholars. It was unearthed in a ditch, so its original context is unknown. And ...

Italian researchers have discovered the pottery center where the oil lamps that lighted the ancient Roman Empire were made. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, ...

During the late first century A.D., residents of Jerusalem buried a small bronze oil lamp shaped like half of a grotesque face in the foundations of a Roman building. As Yori Yalon reports for Israel ...

Storm season is here, and if the power goes out for a long time you may want a light source that doesn't run on batteries. We've shown you once how to build an emergency oil lamp from a can of tuna, ...

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