HORRIBLE & saddening! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> To: <Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2018 12:07 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Brazil National Museum Completely Gutted by Fire
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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com 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 Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list