A fresco from Pompeii. Egyptian death masks. Thousands of Aztec, Inca, Olmec, and Toltec artifacts - the largest collection of pre-Columbian artifacts in the world. Not to mention all of the meteorites. This is a loss that will have ripple effects in numerous fields of science.
On 9/3/18, Michael Farmer via Meteorite-list <[email protected]> wrote: > Absolutely a tragedy for all humanity. Massive collections of historical > items. > > Michael Farmer > >> On Sep 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Paul via Meteorite-list >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Inferno at Brazil's National Museum causes 'irreparable' >> damage and grief By Claudia Dominguez, Flora Charner >> and Holly Yan, CNN, September 3, 2018 >> https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl/index.html >> >> Brazil National Museum fire: Key treasures at risk, BBC News >> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45395774 >> >> Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted, BBC News >> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084 >> >> Among the 20 million items presumed lost are a Maxakalisaurus >> skeleton, 11,500 year-old Luzia remains, Pompeii fresco, and >> countless Pre-Columbian artifacts. The museum contains a >> meteorite collection, which includes the Bendegó Meteorite. >> >> Luzia Woman >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzia_Woman >> >> Bendegó Meteorite >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendegó_meteorite >> https://meteoritosbrasileiros.webs.com/bendego1.html >> >> Yours, >> >> Paul H. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the > Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks : www.galactic-stone.com Instagram : www.instagram.com/galacticstone Twitter : www.twitter.com/galacticstone --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
