The World’s Oldest Continuously Burning Fire
How long has it been burning?
4 min readMar 21
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The idea of an eternal flame has endured throughout human history. At some points, an eternal fire was thought of as something magical or holy. At other points, it was inspired by the sun. Eternal fire appears in mythology and there have been modern attempts to replicate this idea. There are numerous “eternal” flames that have been lit…
