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  • 700-piece Egyptian collection at Brazil's National Museum destroyed: Initial report

    09/10/2018 6:26:25 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 18 replies
    Ahram Online ^ | Thursday, September 6th, 2018 | unattributed
    "The fire spread to all the sections of the museum and destroyed all its content and destroyed the hall of Pharaonic artefacts, which contained 700 pieces," said Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities on Thursday. He cited Egypt's foreign ministry, which is following up on the matter with Egyptian consular and embassy officials in Brazil. The Egyptian artifacts included collectibles of Brazilian Emperor Pedro I, founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, which he purchased in the 19th century from antiquities merchants. It also featured five mummies, one of which was kept in a sarcophagus...