Make a lamp of this type is relatively simple and may already have all the materials at home.

Are required:

A wide glass jar
A flexible steel wire half past one or two times longer than the height of the glass jar.
A wick
Olive oil

The construction of the lamp
1. Dual steel wire so that is fixed to the edge of the boat, including inward and be able to hold the wick.
2. Fold the other end of the wire into a coil around the wick, so that the wick can be held vertically (like candles). Make the spiral forms a kind of pyramid, so that the bottom serves as support.

Operation lamp
About thirty grams of olive oil can last an hour or more, the cost is not higher than candles. But you can buy olive oil that is unfit for human consumption but to burn, and is cheaper.

You can boil the olive oil with essential oils for combustion give off a pleasant smell.
The olive oil lamps have been used for thousands of years, and oil lamps in general have been used in a few generations ago. They are reliable, have great power and last much. The benefit of olive oil lamps is that if dumped, left to burn, since there is a highly flammable material. They are much safer than other lighting options by combustion.