Thursday, September 12, 2024

That smashed jar is restored and back on display

UPDATE: 3,500-year-old jug smashed by 4-year-old is back on display — still not behind a barrier. Weeks after incident went viral, Haifa’s Hecht Museum exhibits restored artifact in its usual place, with cracks deliberately visible, using the mishap as an educational experience (Gavriel Fiske, Times of Israel).

Okay then. Background here.

Also, I hadn't noticed this:

The most well-known display [in the Hecht Museum] — before the jug incident, that is — was the “Ma’agan Michael Ship,” a sunken boat dating from 500 BCE that was discovered in 1984 in shallow waters just off the coast of Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael, south of Haifa. The boat, including the anchor, was restored and housed in a special wing of the museum.
That would be the Ma’agan Michael II. For more on it, see the links collected here.

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