{"id":13411,"date":"2024-08-28T12:02:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13411"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T19:05:46","slug":"oops-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2024\/08\/28\/oops-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/rcna168561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from NBC News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After 4-year-old accidentally smashes ancient jar, museum invites him back.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The 3,500-year-old artifact, on display in a museum in Haifa, Israel, predated the Biblical kings Solomon and David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0Charlotte Kwan<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13412\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A Bronze Age jar, dating from 2200 to 1500 B.C.E., after a child damaged it at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, last week. Hecht Museum<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/science\/science-news\/ancient-city-iraq-unearthed-extreme-drought-rcna31424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bronze Age<\/a>&nbsp;jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/israel-rescues-hostage-held-by-hamas-in-gaza-218105925517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum said the artifact, which is dated from 2200 to 1500 B.C.E., was designed to store and transport goods, such as olive oil and wine, and was characteristic of the ancient Canaan region. The jar, the museum said in a statement, predated&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/id\/wbna47371385\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Biblical kings<\/a>Solomon and David. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though similar jars have been discovered in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/pompeii-excavation-reveals-blue-room-after-nearly-2000-years-213035589509\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">archaeological excavations<\/a>, many are found in pieces or incomplete, making this jar rare for having been unearthed intact, and for its size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/rcna168561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at NBC News<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from NBC News After 4-year-old accidentally smashes ancient jar, museum invites him back. The 3,500-year-old artifact, on display in a museum in Haifa, Israel, predated the Biblical kings Solomon and David. By\u00a0Charlotte Kwan A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old&nbsp;Bronze Age&nbsp;jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mirth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}