Oldest stone inscription of 10 Commandments sold for ₹5 cr
The world's earliest-known complete stone inscription of the Ten Commandments, described as Israel's "national treasure", was sold at an auction for over ₹5 crore ($850,000) on Wednesday. The two-foot-square marble slab weighing about 52 kilograms was sold at a public auction of ancient Biblical archaeology artefacts. The slab was first uncovered in 1913 during excavations near Yavneh in Israel.