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Technology enabled ancient Israel, the Northern Kingdom excluding Judah, to be economically prosperous and establish itself as a major political power as early as the 10th century BCE, steadily growing until its destruction in 720 BCE. Some...

This is a terracotta oil lamp with orange clay and dull orange slip. It features a hollow handle in the form of a gorgon's head. This is a decorative example of the type of oil lamp that was used to light one’s home. 2nd century CE. Provided...

The whale oil refinery of the Amsterdam chamber of the Greenland Company on Amsterdam Island off the coast of Spitsbergen. Oil on canvas, 1639.

The oil mill at Tatev Monastery used to provide oil from hemp, lineseed, and sesame to monks and inhabitants who lived within a short distance from the monastery.

Oil mills have existed in Armenia since the Urartian era, and their archaeological remains can be found in all regions of Armenia. This oil mill at Tatev Monastery in Armenia dates from the 17th century CE.

A Roman terracotta oil lamp depicting an erotic scene between two women. From Anatolia. c. 1st Century BCE. (British Museum)

Roman oil lamp with erotic motif, 1st - 3rd century CE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

This is a fragment of a clay handle of a delta ceramic oil lamp; the loop handle is preserved. The fragment shows a bust of Serapis wearing a polis. From Egypt. Roman Period, 30 BCE to 641 CE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London...

Terracotta oil lamp from Cyprus, the first half of the 1st century CE. The discus has an engraved image of a rhinoceros tossing a large cat with its horn. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Oil lamp decorated with a four-horsed chariot at speed. Made in Italy, c. 40-70 CE. The British Museum, London.