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I find this of interest because the LDS scholars wanted it to be authentic but the evidence before them said it was not. They concluded it was from 1930. There is no mention of this inscription before 1933. They state that "Eva and Hobie 3-13-30" is carved on a nearby rock.
This inscription and the "Phonecian inscription of the Ten Commandments" show no patination but other nearby petroglyphs "were heavily patinated". This is important evidence. The commandments inscription looked exactly like the inscription left by Eva and Hobie in 1930 and not like the nearby ancient petroglyphs.
Here is a link from a LDS blog
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onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
Hugh Nibley was a scholar at BYU. He had this to say:
"Much study and care went into the preparation of this "ancient Hebrew inscription" near Los Lunas, New Mexico, yet a cursory glance was enough to reveal the crisp freshness of the newly-cut letters. Numerous other flaws appeared upon closer inspection. To anyone not determined to accept this inscription as genuine, it furnishes an interesting illustration of the pains to which people will go to produce a convincing-looking antique, and the impossibility of doing so without immense and laborious preparation. Yet such a forgery as this would be infinitely easier to get away with than one of Book of Mormon proportions." (New Approaches To Book of Mormon Study, by Hugh Nibley, Improvement Era, January, 1954.)
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