An ancient bronze lamp held in the collection of the Etruscan Academy Museum (MAEC) is the subject of a new paper published in De Gruyter’s Etruscan and Italic Studies, re-evaluating its iconography.
Archaeologists recently re-evaluated a remarkable relic from the ancient Etruscan civilization in central Italy – a massive, elaborately decorated bronze lamp that may have been used in rituals ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Irving Langmuir received a Ph.D. in ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. New lighting inventions occasionally ...
Mining was important to Cornwall and so we were interested in the lamp.Humphrey Davy invented the Davy lamp in 1815.Miners used to use candles and that was really dangerous especially in coal mines ...
It costs a few pounds, is mass-produced in China and can hardly be described as a thing of beauty. The British Museum's 100th object, a solar powered lamp and charger Credit: Photo: BRITISH MUSEUM Yet ...
As the final piece of a nine-month series charting the 100 most important objects in the history of civilization, it’s not exactly the steam engine. The British Museum and Radio 4 have chosen a ...
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