A young preschool-aged boy accidentally shattered a nearly 3,500-year-old jar predating the Bronze Age, while visiting a museum in Israel last Friday.
A boy on a visit to a museum in Israel accidentally knocked over a 3,500-year-old jar, shattering the relic. 'There are instances where display items are intentionally damaged, and such cases are treated with great severity, including involving the police,' Lihi Laszlo of the Hecht Museum told the BBC. 'In this case, however, this was not the situation,' Laszlo said. 'The jar was accidentally damaged by a young child visiting the museum, and the response will be accordingly.
The museum, located in Haifa, had put the piece on display near the entrance and without protection to show a piece 'without obstructions.' The boy had pulled on the jar to find out what was inside, and that caused it to fall over, shattering to pieces. The museum immediately appointed a specialist in conservation to restore the jar, which will return to its place near the front entrance once completed.
The museum insisted that the piece will also return without obstructions. Israeli museums are no stranger to incidents that destroy priceless works: An American tourist allegedly smashed a sculpture in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in October last year. ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER UNDERWATER MOSAIC BELIEVED TO DATE BACK TO ROMAN EMPIRE The tourist allegedly destroyed a pair of Roman statues dating from the 2nd Century because they were 'against the Torah.
Police arrested the tourist at the scene, identifying him only as a 40-year-old Jewish American tourist.
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