The historic artifact will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s on Wednesday, Dec. 18 Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty A stone tablet containing ...

The allegedly oldest stone with the Ten Commandments on it was sold at an auction in New York. An anonymous buyer spent more than 4.5 million Swiss francs on it.

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D. and attributed by some experts to ancient Samaritans, is pictured on display at Sotheby’s in New York ...

A 1,500-year-old Byzantine tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments will be auctioned on December 18, with an estimated value of $1-2 million. The 115-pound tablet was discovered in 1913 in Israel, ...

The strong price underscores the ongoing tension between market demand for rare antiquities and persistent legal, ethical, and academic debates about how such objects are vetted. The oldest known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The oldest complete tablet of the Ten Commandments, weighing 115-pounds and approximately 1,500 years old, is displayed at Sotheby ...

Bids may rise to a million or more, Sotheby’s estimates, though some experts say that fakes and forgeries abound. By Victor Mather Sotheby’s auction house is selling a stone version of the Ten ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The oldest known stone ...

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday. Sotheby’s said the 155-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab was acquired by an ...

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for more than $5 million at an auction on Wednesday.Sotheby's said the 155-pound (52-kilogram) marble slab was acquired by an ...