Tourist on Crete accidentally broke the 4,000-year-old vase

It happened last Saturday at the Heraklion archaeological Museum. Suffered a vase belonging to the Minoan civilization

Аналогичную этой 4000-летнюю вазу Минойского периода разбила посетительница Ираклионского археологического музея на Крите

last Saturday, 23 may at the Heraklion archaeological Museum on the Greek island of Crete visitor smashed a clay vase, which is at least 4000 years. Tourist tripped and started to fall, tried to cling to the vase, but was unsuccessful — the vase broke, and the visitor got slight scratches on nogah@

As reported by the Ministry of culture of Greece, a valuable vase belonging to the Minoan civilization (2800-1500 BC), was destroyed. Restorers, however, are more optimistic. After assessing the damage, they concluded that the vase will be able to recover soon Vremya@

And by the way, this vase was found during archaeological excavations already with traces of glue. Apparently, a clumsy resident of Crete 4,000 years ago already once her Rasul@

the Minoans inhabited the island of Crete between 2000 and 1500 BC To the monuments of this civilization on the island include settlement, mausoleums and cemeteries. Most found in Crete Minoan artifacts of culture are shown in Heraklion archaeological Musee@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru

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