Few people stayed up at night in the years before 1800 because there were so few sources of light. An open fire, a candle or a rush dipped in oil could be lit. Then whale-oil lamps became popular.

Celebrated as the most significant festival in Hindu culture, Diwali is a day eagerly anticipated by many. This festival ...

Chris Hacker of Heritage Underground Lighting began exploring caves in his youth and this hobby quickly evolved into an ...

If old lamps turn you on, here`s some important news for you. Catherine M.V. and Carl Thuro`s stunning oil lamp collection-probably the world`s largest and most varied-will be auctioned in three ...

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This passing ice storm reminds me how necessary a hurricane or oil lamp is for lighting during power outages. After a candle-related fire following the Christmas ice storm of 2000, we bought an ...

Diwali: India celebrates festival of lights with oil lamp world record - Air quality worsens in the capital Delhi as India ...

Italian researchers have discovered the pottery center where the oil lamps that lighted the ancient Roman Empire were made. Evidence of the pottery workshops emerged in Modena, in central-northern ...