Sotheby’s is auctioning off a “vastly important historic artifact,” the oldest-known carving of the Ten Commandments dating back approximately 1,500 years. Photo courtesy of Sotheby's Dec. 9 (UPI) ...

The world's oldest stone tablet bearing the Ten Commandments is headed to auction. On Dec. 18, Sotheby's will be auctioning off the so-called Yavne Tablet, a 114-pound marble slab engraved with the ...

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, ...

Sotheby announced on Wednesday that a stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments sold for over $5 million at auction to an anonymous buyer who plans to donate it to Israel. The auction house ...

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 ...

(JTA) — The oldest stone inscription of the Ten Commandments will go up for auction next month, but with an important disclaimer: Israel allowed the 1,500-year-old tablet to leave the country 20 years ...

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 ...

The oldest known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments, dating from 300 to 800 A.D., will be sold in New York this month, Sotheby's auction house said. The 155-pound (52-kilogram) marble ...