The father, Alex Geller, didn’t witness the historic vase meet its untimely end on the museum floor but was alerted by the heart-stopping sound of shattering ceramic. The shock was palpable: “I was completely taken aback,” he confessed.
“My wife was quicker on her feet,” he recounted to AP. “She swiftly whisked our son away to explain that such accidents were not acceptable.”
Isabelle Oderberg from the Guardian empathized with the parents’ ordeal: “My heart went out to the poor parents. I would have burrowed into the ground and lived as a mole woman if I were in their shoes.”
However, the tale takes an unexpected turn. Despite the vase’s rarity – it was found intact, not in fragments – the museum officials reacted with grace and understanding. They emphasized that the museum is “not a mausoleum” but a “living place, open to families and accessible.”
The museum plans to turn this incident into a learning opportunity. It has invited Geller and his son back to witness how the staff will painstakingly reassemble the vase.
“The jar was most likely used to transport local supplies like wine and olive oil,” reports BBC. “It predates Biblical King David and King Solomon and is typical of the Canaan region on the eastern Mediterranean coast.”
Inbal Rivlin, the museum’s general director, said in a statement: “Whenever possible, items are displayed without barriers or glass walls. We believe that there is a special charm in experiencing an archaeological find without any obstructions.”
The museum plans to maintain this policy despite the unfortunate incident.
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Source: Good News Network
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