A rare ceramic oil lamp from the late Roman period that bears images of items used in the Second Temple has been discovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday. “After the ...

Inspired by a home-made egg timer in an English pub, the lava lamp became a symbol of the fluidity of social mores in the 1960s. Like the bean bag and kinetic toys, it also represented a new humour ...

A shortcut to sleek, futuristic, hyper-masculine wealth on screen in recent years, from Mad Men to Iron Man. By Anna Leszkiewicz Once I started seeing it, I couldn’t stop. It gleamed in the kitchens ...

Surveys the history of the mosque lamp and its numerous variants and the deep significance of light and the lamp in religion.