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Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit
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| 08/272024
| Jack Burgess
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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TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientpottery; bronzeage; catastrophism; godsgravesglyphs; haifa; hechtmuseum; israelmuseum; jackburgess
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
the museum believes there is "special charm" in showing archaeological finds "without obstructions"Charming.
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:37:10 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: lee martell
would have gotten my bare legs beaten with a switch from this honeysuckle bush in the back yardZat you, Opie?
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:37:46 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
I don’t even keep paper plates where a 4 year old could get themYeah, when I was four I found a way to screw up everything.
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:38:54 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: BenLurkin
In the modern age, no one is taught to respect anything, including their parents. I’m surprised he didn’t write on it with scriptos.
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:39:27 PM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:41:35 PM PDT
by
redangus
( )
To: SkyDancer
Because whoever is in charge there is a dumbass. And unfortunately for us all, dumbassery is not punished at all bet even rewarded at times. Sigh.
To: Blueway
BABYSITTERS are cheap at that point.
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:45:54 PM PDT
by
ridesthemiles
(not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
To: BenLurkin
Meh... Nothin’ a little Gorilla Glue caint fix.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:47:55 PM PDT
by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: lee martell
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:49:05 PM PDT
by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:51:38 PM PDT
by
heavy metal
(smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: BenLurkin
Smashing good time.
At least they have a before picture.
It gave the preservation department a new project.
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posted on
08/27/2024 5:54:18 PM PDT
by
OldHarbor
(strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
To: Jeff Chandler
My Mom was from Birmingham, Al. and she brought some country ways with her to Michigan, were I was raised.
To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; ...
Thanks BenLurkin for the gnip, and it's a twofer. :^)
Could be one of *those* topics.
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:06:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: PROCON
The boy's father, Alex, said his son "pulled the jar slightly" And when he was dating the boy's mother, she told him she was "slightly pregnant." So that was ok, then.
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:12:42 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Propaganda keeps only governments in business, not corporations. —John Nolte)
To: metmom
In our family, we had a mantra when out in public, “We look with our eyes, not with our hands.”
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:15:33 PM PDT
by
Albion Wilde
(Propaganda keeps only governments in business, not corporations. —John Nolte)
To: BenLurkin
Parents need to control their children.
To: Disambiguator
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:41:47 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: JudyinCanada
RE: I think I’ve met that 4 year old numerous times.
Reporter to the boy: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Boy: An actor like Jim Carry in Dumb and Dumber. I watch it over and over. But I like the Three Stooges and Mr.Bean, too.
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:44:41 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: Libloather
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posted on
08/27/2024 6:46:56 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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