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4-Year-Old Accidentally Breaks 3,500-Year-Old Jar at Hecht Museum

A 3,500-year-old jar from the Middle Bronze Age, once used for oil and wine in ancient Canaan, had survived millennia before being showcased at the Hecht Museum in Israel. However, last week, it was accidentally knocked over by a curious 4-year-old boy visiting the museum with his parents in Haifa. The incident occurred on Friday when the boy tried to…