Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum, located in Rio de Janeiro, was hit by a massive fire on Sunday night, leading to an irretrievable loss of over 20 million historical items including disfigurement of the world’s oldest human fossil, Luzia, found in Brazil.
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History Reduced to Ashes: Twitter Laments Loss of Rio Museum
Marina Amaral, a Brazilian colourist, took to Twitter to express just how significant the loss is.
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