Israeli archaeologist Moran Balila holds ceramic oil lamps at the archaeological site where the largest oil lamp workshops was unearthed in the Israeli city of Bet Shemesh, on December 14, 2020.

Archaeologists have unearthed one of the largest oil lamp workshops discovered in Israel, dating back 1,600-1,700 years.

Hundreds of ancient ceramic oil lamps, two of which bore the Jewish symbol of the menorah, as well as stone molds for the production of lamps, and terracotta figurines.