A stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for US$5 million at auction on Wednesday, Sotheby’s announced. The high figure was notched despite questions around the tablet’s ...

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In a historic auction, an ancient stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has been sold for over $5 million at Sotheby's in New York. The transaction exceeded initial estimates, highlighting ...

New York, New York - A mysterious stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for $5 million at auction last week, Sotheby's announced. The high figure was notched despite ...

A mysterious stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for $5 million at auction last week, Sotheby's announced. Sotheby’s workers hold one of the most widely known and influential ...

After 10 minutes of furious bidding, an inscribed marble slab featuring the Ten Commandments sold for $5.02 million on Wednesday at Sotheby’s auction house in New York. The stone — written in archaic ...

An ancient stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments in Paleo-Hebrew script has been sold at Sotheby's for over $2 million. The tablet, dating back to 300-800 AD, is the only complete example ...

As with all undeciphered scripts, significant discoveries acting as some kind of Rosetta Stone are vital for linking the known with the unknown. Future archaeological digs might yet connect the ...

Sotheby's said the tablet was used as a paving stone at a local home until 1943 when it was sold to a scholar who grasped its significance. "A tangible link to ancient beliefs that have profoundly ...

Future archaeological digs might yet connect the Bashplemi Lake tablet with an ancient attempt to preserve a moment of the past in stone.