[BenLurkin]

gnip

[EvilCapitalist]

I hope it’s not “You break it, you bought it.”

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

How? I don’t even keep paper plates where a 4 year old could get them.

[Disambiguator]

“Rare artifact because it was so intact”

Inspector Clouseau: “Not anymeaur!”

[thinden]

no more oil?

[lee martell]

The museum could not have been nicer about it, but bottom line, the dad should have been watching his 4 year old much more closely. That would have been unlikely to happen when I was 4, late 1950s. I would have gotten my bare legs beaten with a switch from this honeysuckle bush in the back yard. Or maybe a leather belt would have done the talking.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

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".

Oh brother. The museum director needs to be fired immediately.

[nwrep]

I doubt it. I think the boy’s parents and perhaps even the boy himself was an anti-semite.

[JudyinCanada]

I think I’ve met that 4 year old numerous times. They’re poorly disciplined and think they can touch whatever they want. Kids would never have been so bold as to touch something like that years ago. Celebrating the kid by having him back like he’s some kind of hero is just stupid.

[Leaning Right]

> It had been on display near the entrance of the museum without glass… <

No glass? Well, that’s dumb. I wonder if the museum also keeps buckets of rare coins out in the open, too. You know, so people can get a good look at them.

[GaltAdonis]

”…was a rare artefact because it was so intact…”

.

Intact, eh?

Four year olds have ways of fixing such ‘problems’…

[PROCON]

The boy's father, Alex, said his son "pulled the jar slightly" because he was "curious about what was inside", causing it to fall.

Hey dumbass dad, supervise your brat.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Meh, if they have all the pieces, they can just glue it back together. Museums do that sort of thing all the time.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Is the Griswold family in Europe again?

[mware]

I was at the British Museum admiring the Elgin Marbles when a kid leaned against one of the pieces. I thought the security guard was going to stroke out.

[Fester Chugabrew]

The jar was most likely originally intended to be used to carry local supplies, such as wine and olive oil.

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C’mon, man. Those things are a dime a dozen.

[Karl Spooner]

Stay tuned...

"The Hecht Museum said the child has been invited back to the exhibition with his family for an organised tour after the incident happened a few days ago."

[Libloather]

[Magnum44]

[jjotto]

For those keeping score, that date range would put it sometime from the traditional dates of Noah to Jacob.