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The Lantern of Pallas was discovered near Rome in A.D. 1401. It was found in the
sepulcher of Pallas, son of Evander, immortalized by Virgil in his Æneid. The lamp was
placed at the head of the body and had burned with a steady glow for more than 2,000
years.

In A.D. 1550 on the island of Nesis, in the Bay of Naples, a magnificent marble vault was
opened in which was found a lamp still alight which had been placed there before the
beginning of the Christian Era.

Pausanias described a beautiful golden lamp in the temple of Minerva which burned
steadily for a year without refueling or having the wick trimmed. The ceremony of filling
the lamp took place annually, and time was measured by the ceremony.

According to the Fama Fraternitatis, the crypt of Christian Rosencreutz when opened
120 years after his death was found to be brilliantly illuminated by a perpetual lamp
suspended from the ceiling.

Numa Pompilius, King of Rome and magician of considerable power, caused a perpetual
light to burn in the dome of a temple he had created in honor of an elemental being.

In England a curious tomb was found containing

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BASE OF A DELPHIAN TRIPOD.
From Montfaucon's Antiquities.

The windings of these serpents formed the base, and the three heads sustained the three feet of the tripod. It
is impossible to secure satisfactory information concerning the shape and size of the celebrated Delphian
tripod. Theories concerning it are based (in most part) upon small ornamental tripods discovered in various
temples.

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THE DELPHIAN TRIPOD RESTORED.

From Beaumont's Gleanings of Antiquities.