Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 306
ANCIENT LAMPS. 2Q1 DOMESTIC UTENSILS. of clay, the latter being painted in various colors. The Athe-nians also used lanterns made of transparent horn, and lit upwitli oil-lamps. They were carried at night in the streets likethe torches. Sparks, carefully preserved under the ashes, servedboth Greeks…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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