At least your DC didn't do this today

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Whatever else your kids managed to break today, at least it wasn't a 3,500-year old cultural artifact. I hope.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2j2y20epo

Gosh I thought it was bad enough when my DCs aged nearly 2 and nearly 4 broke a massive lamp in a smart hotel. (When we told the hotel, expecting an extra charge in our room, they instead offered us a replacement lamp 🤣)

Oh dear. They need to send it to The Repair Shop.

Good attitude by the museum. It's a shame when something like this happens, but I hope the conservators enjoy their 3d jigsaw puzzle.

It’s a good attitude from the museum and infinitely better than things being kept in storage for years never to be seen.
I often wonder though if theres an argument in this country to be had for the type of insurance they have in Germany , which covers a child breaking things!

Sounds like a lovely museum responding to a genuine accident.

At least they're not these parents! The video shows the kids totally unsupervised, running around and pulling on the sculpture. I originally thought the parent(s) were in the room but those seem to be just other visitors!

globalnews.ca/news/4280632/parents-given-bill-of-us132000-after-child-breaks-art-sculpture/

What were the museum thinking of, leaving it lying about?

One of my best friends projectile vomited all over some ancient Egyptian (I think) doors whilst on a school trip to the British Museum... 30 years ago and the only school trip I really remember.

At least it wasn't new - it would have cost a fortune to replace!

Are we going to have to invade somewhere for a replacement?

At least the bairn had a smashing time....

That's absolutely mortifying, on the parents part. Why can't parents supervise their children adequately in places that they're well aware will have irreplaceable artefacts? This wasn't a child bumping in to it, he was bloody pulling on it. Child doesn't know better - but parent does!

Don't know what the museum are thinking either not having them behind glass. These things are supposed to be 'look, don't touch'. They've responded in a very nice way, good on them. But honestly, is nothing sacred?

Do you know where Haifa (the location of the museum) is, or where the eastern Mediterranean coast (where the jar was found) is, or where these two places are in relation to each other?

We visited an old friend of my DH in Australia who had these expensive aboriginal sculptures- my three year old son knocked one over. It broke. OMG. Afraid I don't know what happened after I've blocked it from my memory bank!

Omg

Bit of superglue and it'll be good as new.