‘I couldn’t believe it was my son who did it’: Boy, 4, smashes bronze age jar in Israel museum

Instead of chastising the family over the breakage of the jar, which is at least 3,500 years old, the director of the Hecht Museum invited them back

A rare bronze age jar - its history stretching back at least 3,500 years - had long graced the entrance of the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, offering visitors a closeup look at an intact artefact believed to predate the biblical King David and King Solomon.

That is, until it was accidentally smashed by a four-year-old earlier this week.