Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 316
ANCIENT LAMPS. 294 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. of clay, the latter being painted in various colors. The Athe-nians also used lanterns made of transparent horn, and lit upwith oil-lamps. They were carried at night in the streets likethe torches. Sparks, carefully preserved under the ashes, servedboth Greeks…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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