Antique oil lamp identification can be a bit tricky, considering there are many reproduction antique lamps on the market. The thing is, a genuine antique oil lamp can sometimes be quite valuable, so ...

To survive winter, it's important to see the light at the end of the very cold tunnel—literally. We've noticed a bunch of ceramicists trying their hand at making lamps lately, and we think snagging ...

Many 18th-century lamps used oil to get 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 wicks.

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While excavating a massive Roman cemetery in the Netherlands, archaeologists discovered an unusual oil lamp that may depict the ancient god of wine. The "filling hole," where oil would have been ...

Campers and adventurers searching for a compact way to illuminate the darkness may be interested in a new LED camping light called the Lumir K. Unlike other LED camping lights currently on the market ...

At the turn of the 20th century, electricity was a new phenomenon, and electric lights were a marvel in the mountains of western North Carolina. Electricity first came to Hendersonville in 1903, and ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 1,700-year-old oil lamp decorated with rare Jewish artwork, including a unique menorah — a surprise given that the Roman Empire had tried to suppress the ...