{"id":2369657,"date":"2024-11-15T22:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologist-takes-closer-look-at-sidewalk-stone-realizes-its-ancient-bible-artifact-now-worth-2-million\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T22:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T03:50:50","slug":"archaeologist-takes-closer-look-at-sidewalk-stone-realizes-its-ancient-bible-artifact-now-worth-2-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologist-takes-closer-look-at-sidewalk-stone-realizes-its-ancient-bible-artifact-now-worth-2-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologist Takes Closer Look at Sidewalk Stone, Realizes It&#8217;s Ancient Bible Artifact, Now Worth $2 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farchaeologist-takes-closer-look-at-sidewalk-stone-realizes-its-ancient-bible-artifact-now-worth-2-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2369657&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The oldest \u200dinscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments is scheduled to be \u2064auctioned by Sotheby&#8217;s on December \u206418, with an estimated value of $1 million to $2 million. This\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duck-dynasty-brothers-headed-back-to-tv-with-duck-family-treasure\/\" title=\"\u2018Duck Dynasty\u2019 Brothers Headed Back To TV With \u2018Duck Family Treasure\u2019\">rare artifact<\/a>, weighing 115 pounds and standing two feet tall, is the only complete tablet from the Late Byzantine\u200b period, dating back \u20641,500 years.\u2062 It features 20 lines of Paleo-Hebrew text, \u200cwith nine \u200ccommandments visible. Interestingly, instead of \u200cthe traditional commandment against taking the Lord&#8217;s name in vain, the tablet instructs worshippers to venerate at Mount Gerizim, a \u200csite sacred\u2063 to Samaritans. <\/p>\n<p>Initially discovered in 1913\u2063 during railway construction in southern Israel, the tablet was used\u2062 as a \u2063common\u2063 sidewalk \u200dstone by its\u2063 subsequent owner, who was unaware of its significance. Its true importance was recognized\u2063 in\u2063 1943 by an archaeologist. In 2016, \u200cit \u2064was sold for $850,000 at auction. \u200dSotheby\u2019s representatives stress the artifact&#8217;s cultural and historical \u200bimportance, highlighting\u200b its \u200bconnection to \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-teacher-training-video-shows-how-cultish-critical-race-theory-is-being-pushed-on-virginia-teachers\/\" title=\"Leaked Teacher Training Video Shows How Cultish Critical Race Theory Is Being Pushed On Virginia Teachers\">moral foundations<\/a> of Western civilization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For decades it was merely a sidewalk stone at a home in the Middle East, its significance unbeknownst to its owner.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the oldest inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments is set to auction for $1 million to $2 million, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/digital-catalogues\/the-ten-commandments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sotheby&rsquo;s news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The relic is the only complete tablet of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hope-oklahoma-putting-bible-back-schools-louisiana-brings-10-commandments-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten Commandments<\/a> in existence from the Late Byzantine period, which ranged from 300&ndash;800 A.D.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby&rsquo;s is set to auction the 1,500-year-old piece on Dec. 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Oldest-Known Carving of the Ten Commandments at Sotheby's\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W8G-yPAYlrM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We understood how powerful the object was and we were really thrilled to be able to offer it for sale to the public,&rdquo; Sharon Liberman Mintz, Sotheby&rsquo;s international senior specialist of Judaica, books and manuscripts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/market\/sothebys-auction-oldest-inscribed-tablet-ten-commandments-judaica-1234723599\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told ARTnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is really one-of-a-kind,&rdquo; Mintz said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s one of the most important historic artifacts that I&rsquo;ve ever handled.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The marble relic weighs a hefty 115 pounds and stands two feet tall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The oldest stone tablet of the Ten Commandments will be sold by Sotheby&rsquo;s during a single lot auction on December 18th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cx3yEtHZJ8\">https:\/\/t.co\/Cx3yEtHZJ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Artsy (@artsy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artsy\/status\/1856819404639556061?\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Twenty lines of Paleo-Hebrew text are etched into the stone, with nine of the Ten Commandments being visible, according to Sotheby&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>One commandment has been replaced with a much different instruction, however.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-breaking-ten-commandments-part-three-easter-wasnt-first-time-biden-took-gods-name-vain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord in vain<\/a>,&rdquo; the tablet instructs followers to worship on Mount Gerizim, a site holy to the Samaritans, according to Sotheby&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>The tablet was first unearthed in 1913 during railway construction along Israel&rsquo;s southern coast.<\/p>\n<p>It was found near sites of early synagogues, mosques and churches, according to Sotheby&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>After its discovery, it was sold to a local Arab and subsequently used as a sidewalk stone for his home &mdash; its inscription facing up and exposed to foot traffic, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/ten-commandments-stone-tablet-sothebys-2568409\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to Artnet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People didn&rsquo;t realize the significance of it. It looked like just a big marble slab,&rdquo; said Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/11\/17\/earliest-known-stone-inscription-of-ten-commandments-sells\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in 1943, an archaeologist recognized the true value of the stone and purchased it.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, New York&rsquo;s Living Torah Museum sold it at auction for $850,000 to an unknown buyer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-beverly-hills-90210-star-attacked-pack-bikers-streets-la\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beverly Hills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This remarkable tablet is not only a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">vastly important historic artifact<\/a>, but a tangible link to the beliefs that helped shape Western civilization,&rdquo; said Richard Austin, Sotheby&rsquo;s global head of books and manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;To encounter this d piece of cultural heritage is to journey through millennia and connect with cultures and faiths told through one of humanity&rsquo;s earliest and most enduring moral codes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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