Like in the movies when they explore a cave or a pyramid and they have that handheld fire torch. How we’re those able to stay lit for so long?
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Also worth reinforcing here: torches, oil lights, etc were very much a luxury. Small fires and such were probably pretty widespread, but light was very much a luxury.
Most people would have simply slept or relaxed in the dark when the sun was down. Maybe gathered around a fire in the evenings.
This data’s kind of interesting https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/the-price-for-lighting-per-million-lumen-hours-in-the-uk-in-british-pound
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