Sacred flames : the power of artificial light in ancient Egypt /

Artificial lighting is one of the earliest tools used by humans. By the time we began to paint cave walls, we were producing lamps consisting of an illuminant, a fat or oil and a wick, such as a strip of fabric or a piece of reed or wood. Drawing on archaeological, textual and iconographic sources,...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Strong, Meghan E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Lighting > Egypt. Lamps > Egypt. Egypt > Antiquities.