An ancient jar is back on display at a museum in Israel nearly two weeks after a 4-year-old visitor accidentally smashed it late last month.

The jar dated back to the Bronze Age, between 2200 and 1500 B.C. — predating the time of Kings David and Solomon — and it was totally intact, making it a rare find and a valuable artifact.

While on display at the Hecht Museum in Haifa, the pint-sized visitor pulled on the artifact to see what was inside, and that caused it to fall over and shatter into pieces.

The Associated Press reported that Alex Geller, the boy’s father, described his son — the youngest of three — as exceptionally curious. When Geller heard the crash, he confessed, the first thought to race through his head was, “Please let that not be my child.”

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The museum immediately appointed a specialist to restore the jar so it could be returned to its spot near the front entrance of the museum.

On Wednesday, the jar was back on display after being pieced together and restored.

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A rare bronze-era jar, newly reassembled, returned to public exhibition after a four-year-old accidentally broke it in August during a visit at the Hecht Museum of the University of Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024.  (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Oftentimes, when archaeologists piece together artifacts, they face the daunting task of sifting through piles of shards of multiple objects.

But in this case, the repairs were expected to be fairly simple because the pieces were from a single and complete jar, museum restoration expert Roee Shair said.

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A rare bronze-era jar, newly reassembled, returned to public exhibition after a four-year-old accidentally broke it in August during a visit at the Hecht Museum of the University of Haifa, Israel, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Using 3D technology, hi-resolution videos and special glue, experts were able to reconstruct the large jar.

A few pieces were missing, and the gluing process left a few hairline cracks, but the impressive size of the jar remains.

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Bronze-era jar. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

The only major difference now is there is a new sign near the jar that reads, “Please don’t touch.”

Now that it is back on display, museum director Inbal Rivlin and the museum decided to turn the incident into a teachable moment and invited the Geller family back for a special hands-on visit to illustrate the restoration process.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Polarising Latin American leader had been released from prison in December on humanitarian grounds.

Alberto Fujimori, the polarising former leader of Peru who was credited with stabilising the Latin American country’s economy before being jailed for human rights abuses, has died at the age of 86, his family has announced.

Fujimori’s daughter Keiko Fujimori said the former president had died following a long battle with cancer.

“We ask those who loved him to join us in praying for the eternal rest of his soul,” Keiko Fujimori said in a post on X on Wednesday. “Thank you for so much, Dad!”.

Fujimori, a former agricultural engineer and university professor, emerged from obscurity to place second in Peru’s 1990 election against establishment favourite Mario Vargas Llosa before beating his rival in a subsequent run-off vote.

During his decade-long presidency, Fujimori won plaudits for vanquishing hyperinflation, spurring economic growth and cracking down on the Maoist Shining Path rebel group.

But the son of Japanese immigrants also attracted criticism for consolidating power through undemocratic means and undermining Peru’s institutions and rule of law.

After temporarily shutting down Congress and the courts, Fujimori fled Peru in 2000 following the emergence of footage showing his intelligence chief bribing legislators.

From exile in Japan, where Fujimori held citizenship, he famously submitted his resignation by fax machine.

In 2005, Fujimori travelled to Chile in a bid to mount a political comeback but was extradited to Peru to face trial for atrocities carried out by a military unit early in his tenure.

In 2009, Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being deemed responsible for the massacre of 25 people, including a child, by death squads acting in the government’s name.

Peru’s top court ordered his release in December, citing humanitarian grounds.

In July, Keiko Fujimori had announced that her father planned to seek a fourth term as president in 2026.