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Ten Commandments on rare display

The most complete and best-preserved ancient example of the Ten Commandments‭, a 2,00- year-old ‬leather parchment scroll discovered in a cave at the Dead Sea in 1952, will go on display on Friday in New York's Discovery Times Square Exposition. The scroll is an important, although brief, addition to the show "Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times."

The largest collection of biblical artifacts ever displayed outside Israel, the exhibit, which opened October 28 and will run through April 15, is already featuring 20 Dead Sea Scrolls, with sections from the biblical books of Genesis, Psalms, Exodus, Isaiah, and others.

The Ten Commandments scroll will be added to the show from Dec. 16 through Jan. 2....

Read entire article at Discovery News