Archaeologist Takes Closer Look at Sidewalk Stone, Realizes It’s Ancient Bible Artifact, Now Worth $2 Million

For decades it was merely a sidewalk stone at a home in the Middle East, its significance unbeknownst to its owner.

Now, the oldest inscribed tablet of the Ten Commandments is set to auction for $1 million to $2 million, according to a Sotheby’s news release.

The relic is the only complete tablet of the Ten Commandments in existence from the Late Byzantine period, which ranged from 300–800 A.D.

Sotheby’s is set to auction the 1,500-year-old piece on Dec. 18.

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