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A 3,500-year-old clay jar at the Haifa Museum was broken to pieces by a five-year-old boy, sparking outrage. ... told ABC News at the time. ... such precious artifacts benefit from stronger ...
HAIFA, Israel (AP) — As her 4-year-old son perused the Israeli museum’s ancient artifacts, Anna Geller looked away for just a moment. Then a crash sounded, a rare 3,500-year-old jar was broken ...
A 4-year-old accidentally knocked over and shattered a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age jar during a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel on Friday.. The museum said the ...
Jug from Lydian Treasure found near Uşak. Kârun Treasure is the name given to a collection of 363 valuable Lydian artifacts dating from the 7th century BC and originating from Uşak Province in western Turkey, which were the subject of a legal battle between Turkey and New York Metropolitan Museum of Art between 1987 and 1993, which were returned to Turkey in 1993 after the Museum admitted ...
The same painting had been stolen from the same museum on June 4, 1977, and was recovered ten years later [14] in Kuwait. [15] The painting is small, measuring 65 x 54 cm, and depicts yellow and red poppy flowers. [16] It is believed that van Gogh painted it in 1887, three years before his suicide. [14] $50–55,000,000 [11] ¥100,000,000
The previous world record was another work by Brâncuși called Danaide, which was sold for $18.1 million in May 2002. [3] The 2005 record stood for two years until a highly regarded work of antiquity surpassed the price. Artemis and the Stag, found in the 1920s at a Roman construction site, fetched $28.6 million in June 2007. [4]
A 4-year-old boy accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar at an archeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The ancient artifact, which experts say was at least 3,500 years old, was on display without a ...
Numerous ancient and medieval sites and artifacts, including the ancient cities of Nimrud and Hatra, parts of the wall of Nineveh, the ruins of Bash Tapia Castle and Dair Mar Elia, and artifacts from the Mosul Museum were also destroyed. However, from 2018, a year after IS was defeated and driven out of Mosul, many churches, mosques and ...