A child broke an urn in the Hecht Museum of Haifa in Israel. This urn is said to be historic, from the Bronze Age. The museum said that this urn is about 3500 years old. The child who damaged this urn last week has now been called back by the museum. In fact, the museum director Dr. Inbal Rivlin called the child along with his entire family and asked him to see the urn after it is repaired.
According to BBC, this urn was a great and extraordinary object because it was very clean. This urn was from the Bronze Age of 2200 to 1500 BC, so its importance is even more among historians. When this urn broke after hitting it with a child, it was kept in an exhibition. A week later, the museum called the child and gave him and his family information about the history of this urn. A video of this also went viral. In the video, the child is seen looking at the urn with his family. Along with them, a museum official is also seen giving information to the family about the entire process of repairing it as well as the history of the urn.
Ariel’s (the child who broke the urn) parents later stayed for an interview. Speaking to the media, they said that at the time of the incident, the child had requested them to see the jar. As soon as his mother asked him to move away from the urn, the urn suddenly broke. The mother recalls that it happened in just a second. She said that the museum also gave us the opportunity to do some reassembly on our own, we tried to fix a small broken urn with the help of special tools.
The museum said that this vase is from the Canaan region, which dates back to the time of King Solomon and David. It was used to store and transport local goods at that time, mainly olive oil and wine.
