Boy SMASHES ancient 3,500-year-old jar while trying to peer inside – but museum officials have surprising reaction

AN uncoordinated little boy shattered a rare 3,500 year-old jar from the Bronze Age but the museum has reassured the family that they won’t take legal action.

They visited the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, which has a unique policy of displaying artefacts without glass for tourists’ accessibility.

Hecht MuseumThe jar at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel before it shattered[/caption] The 3,500 year-old relic after it was shattered by the little boy

The remarkable jar dates back to the Bronze Age ...