Posted on 08/27/2024 4:44:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A 3,500-year-old jar has been accidentally smashed into pieces by a four-year-old boy during a trip to a museum in Israel.
The Hecht Museum in Haifa told the BBC the crockery dated back to the Bronze Age between 2200 and 1500BC - and was a rare artefact because it was so intact.
It had been on display near the entrance of the museum without glass, as the museum believes there is "special charm" in showing archaeological finds "without obstructions".
The jar was most likely originally intended to be used to carry local supplies, such as wine and olive oil. It predates the time of the Biblical King David and King Solomon and is characteristic of the Canaan region on the eastern Mediterranean coast.
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He is so grounded.
Absolutely! Couldn’t have survived without our dependable babysitter and the base nursery.
“Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit”
As a parent that title alone is almost too agonizing to read.
Actually the director should be held responsible.
Wonder how these jars with their rounded bottoms were kept upright back in the day. There must have been stands of some sort.
Why would a 3,500 year-old jar be situated where anyone could touch it and move it around?
Museum’s fault.
It should be. If she doesn’t want to pay for it, she can control her crotch goblin.
stupid curator
See Mr. Bean visits the library
They should have given the jar to the Taliban for safekeeping.
When I went to see the terra cotta warriors in China, we were told that the warriors were all found in small fragments that had to be glued back together and then stood up.
Will Ferrell accepts the Mark Twain Award.
accidentally on purpose...
A vase was smashed. We made a profit of $15,000 dollars.
Trading Places - It’s All Yours
https://youtu.be/4ehVgQYed60?t=72
I hope it can be reassembled/restored?
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