A 5-year-old accidentally smashed a 3,500-year-old artifact on a museum trip in every parent's worst nightmare

• A five-year-old accidentally smashed a 3,500-year-old jar at the Hecht Museum in Israel.
• The jar, dating back to the Bronze Age, was displayed without glass barriers.
• The museum will not punish the child and plans to restore the jar.

It's every parent's worst nightmare.

On a visit to the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel, a 5-year-old's father was shocked to see his son next to the shattered Bronze Age jar.