New York, Dec 18, 2024 (AFP) - Stone tablet engraved with Ten Commandments sells for $5 million

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2024-12-18

A stone tablet carrying engravings of the Ten Commandments sold for $5 million at auction on Wednesday, Sotheby's announced. The high figure was notched despite questions around the tablet's authenticity: no one has claimed it is the original, of Biblical fame, but some experts expressed doubts around its purported provenance, dating between the years 300 and 800 CE. Another ding against the 115-pound (52-kilogram) slab, said to be discovered in......

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