Two hundred years of history and twenty million valuable pieces GONE: Despair as firefighters search charred ruins of Rio's National Museum as hope fades artefacts can be salvaged A massive fire raced through Brazil's National Museum in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night and Monday morning The 200-year-old museum houses artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and the first fossils found in Brazil There is no word yet of the possible cause, nor the extent of damage, but images show devastation Brazil's President, Michel Temer, described the destruction of the building as 'incalculable
Five hours after the fire began, firefighters had managed to smother much of the inferno that had torn through hundreds of rooms, but were still working to extinguish it completely by Monday morning
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Do you know if Luzia's Skull survived?
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posted "• Among the rare items of Rio’s National Museum was a meteorite named ‘Bendego’, the largest one discovered in Brazil, weighing some 5.3 tonnes. The meteorite is one of the few objects that officials could confirm had survived. Apart from Bendego, officials said an Egyptian mummy— another prized item of the museum — had survived the disaster."
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Mena: The disastrous burning of the 200 years Rio de Janiero is a great loss to the Brazilian people, to world history and the world of art. Millions of Ancient Egyptians, Ancient Greeks, Prehistoric and Renaissance European artifacts have been destroyed in that horrible fire. That fire should have never happened. A museum that house billions of dollars and priceless artifacts should have been protected by the world most advance fire alarm and sprinkler system. Their should have been fire fighter department one block away ready to reach the museum in 5 minutes maximum. I understand if the museum was destroyed by an earthquake but not by fire.
I think Rio de Janeiro city hall, Rio State governement and the government of Brazil incompetence are to blame for the destruction of 20 million artifacts in Rio Museum. Instead of spending billion of dollars in the World Cup of Soccer and the Olympics games they should have upgrade the security in their museums.
Incalculable damage: Firefighters were still working to put the fire out as the sun rose over Rio de Janeiro this morning
Gutted: The roof has been all but destroyed and for most of the museum only the outer walls remain
Angry protesters gathered outside the gates to the park that housed the 200-year-old building earlier today
Our community is very mobilized, and very indignant,' said Roberto Leher, the rector of the Rio de Janeiro federal university, which administers the museum. 'We all knew the building was vulnerable'
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