Fire at Brazilian museum wipes out invaluable artifacts
Posted by Josh Taylor / September 6, 2018
We’re going to quote the Guardian directly, because their lede captures the magnitude of the situation:
Brazil’s oldest and most important historical and scientific museum has been consumed by fire, and much of its archive of 20 million items is believed to have been destroyed.
It’s hard to describe just how tragic this fire is. The Brazilian National Museum was the largest natural history museum in Latin America. Brazil is 500 years old––the museum was 200 years old. The museum held indigenous peoples’ artifacts, which are now lost.
The Brazilian government is being criticized for failing to maintain fire hydrants, which prevented firefighters from stopping the blaze sooner.
Full story at The Guardian.
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Seems like the Taj burning at Mumbai during the 27-11 attack !