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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.

Terracotta oil lamp depicting Mars riding a chariot. It dates from the 2nd century CE. (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich)

Olives and olive oil were not only an important component of the ancient Mediterranean diet but also one of the most successful industries in antiquity. Cultivation of the olive spread with Phoenician and Greek colonization from Asia Minor...

A Davy lamp, a safety lamp designed by Humphrey Davy (1778-1820) in 1815 for coal miners. The lamp's flame could not escape the mesh and so did not set alight dangerous gases in mine shafts. In addition, a gauge could tell a miner if such...

A terracotta lamp in the shape of a hydraulis being played by an organist. On either side of the manuals are the air pumps which fed the water organ with a supply of air into order to produce the notes. Roman, Porconsularis (modern Tunisia...

This is a pottery lamp dates to the Byzantine Period, 400-600 CE. From modern-day Madaba, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).

This glazed pottery lamp dates to back to the 6th century CE. From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. The Sulaimaniya Museum, Iraq.

Vessels like the ship on this lamp were used by the British fleet whose duties included reconnaissance, warfare, and transport. From Colchester, Essex, UK. 1st century CE. The British Museum, London.

Coal mining boomed during the British Industrial Revolution as it provided fuel for steam engines of all kinds in factories, transport, and agriculture. Draining flooded mines to extract more coal was the reason the steam engine was invented...

This is an early form of pottery pinched lamps. Circa 2300-2000 BCE. From modern-day As-Salat, Jordan Hashemite Kingdom. (The Jordan Museum, Amman, Jordan).