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Emily Lime. “Artificial Lighting Systems in Pompeian Gardens and Baths.” Peopling the Past, April 10, 2026. https://peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/10/blog-120-artificial-lighting-systems-in-pompeian-gardens-and-baths-with-emily-lime/. > In his 1855 manuscript documenting the excavations at Pompeii, Ernest Breton describes a square niche lined with marble in the House of Queen Carolina (VIII.3.14), which was “closed by a pane of glass and contained a lamp, the smoke from which issued through a little terracotta chimney”. These architectural features—known as enclosed lighting systems or lamp tunnels—are found throughout Pompeii, mostly in baths, but also in corridors and gardens ... #archaeology