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Where and when were candles first made and used?

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Objects that could be candlesticks have been found in Babylonian and Minoan sites and in the tomb of Tutankhamun, and the earliest excavated Etruscan candlestick dates from the 7th century BC, but candle making requires a reliable supply of animal or vegetable fat, so candles could not have developed before the early Bronze Age; it remains unclear exactly when and where true candles, as opposed to torches or oil lamps, were first used. 1
What Would Resolve
A securely dated wick-and-fuel object identifiable as a true candle from before the existing Bronze Age evidence, or a textual source naming the place and period of the first candles. 1
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Archaeology, history of technology 1
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Objects that could be candlesticks have been found in Babylonian and Minoan sites and in the tomb of Tutankhamun, and the earliest excavated Etruscan candlestick dates from the 7th century BC, but candle making requires a reliable supply of animal or vegetable fat, so candles could not have developed before the early Bronze Age; it remains unclear exactly when and where true candles, as opposed to torches or oil lamps, were first used.

What would resolve this A securely dated wick-and-fuel object identifiable as a true candle from before the existing Bronze Age evidence, or a textual source naming the place and period of the first candles.
OpenArchaeology, history of technologyHistory of Candle Making (Wikipedia)
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Source History of Candle Making (Wikipedia)
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1. History of Candle Making (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle, History sectionView the Source
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