Brazil’s National Museum engulfed by massive fire

Brazil’s National Museum engulfed by massive fire. ‘Incalculable’ loss as 200-year-old Rio institution gutted The Museu Nacional houses artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first fossils found in Brazil A massive fire engulfed Brazil’s National Museum Sunday, destroying priceless artifacts dating back centuries. 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. Most o