Boy, four, who broke bronze age jar returns to museum in Israel

 The family watched the rare 3,500-year-old jar, believed used for wine or oil, being restored at the Hecht Museum

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"Roee Shafir, a restoration expert at the museum, said the repairs would be fairly simple, as the pieces were from a single, complete jar. Archaeologists often face the more daunting task of sifting through piles of shards from multiple objects and trying to piece them together.

Shafir added that the artefacts should remain accessible to the public, even if accidents happen because touching an artefact can inspire a deeper interest in history and archaeology.

“I like that people touch. Don’t break, but to touch things, it’s important,” he said."

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