Brazil's 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Huge Fire

The famed national museum in Brazil, one of the most important spaces in Latin America, caught fire on September 2, causing irreparable damage to the nearly 20 million items housed inside it. The priceless artefacts, that spanned over 11,000 years and included pieces such as Egyptian mummies and other famous historic artefacts. Speaking about the event, President Michel Temer tweeted "The loss of the National Museum's collection is insurmountable for Brazil." Preservation director Joao Carlos Na...