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May 28, 2015

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's culture ministry says a millennia-old pottery vase in a museum has been damaged after a visitor who lost her balance tried to hold onto the exhibit and crashed down with it. A ministry statement says the prehistoric, Minoan-era vase, which had been broken in antiquity and restored after excavation, is being repaired and should be back on display Friday. The accident occurred May 23 at the Museum of Iraklio, on the island of Crete...

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ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's culture ministry says a millennia-old pottery vase in a museum has been damaged after a visitor who lost her balance tried to hold onto the exhibit and crashed down with it. A ministry statement says the prehistoric, Minoan-era vase, which had been broken in antiquity and restored after excavation, is being repaired and should be back on display Friday. The accident occurred May 23 at the Museum of Iraklio, on the island of Crete.

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