IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This open oil-wick lamp was ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This oil-wick lamp is a patent model constructed by Edward Gough, of Allentown, Pennsylvania that received patent ...

A unique archaeological find in Yehud, Israel, has revealed some of the oldest evidence in the world of lamp wicks used for illumination. In an Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) excavation conducted ...

Israeli archaeologists discovered rare preserved lamp wicks believed to be some 4,000 years old during excavations for a new neighborhood in Yehud, in central Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...