A Karaja culture ceramic depicting an armadillo rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, is displayed during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
Researchers from Brazil’s National Museum said Monday that they had recovered more than 1,500 pieces from the debris following a massive fire. The Sept. 2 blaze, which gutted one of the world’s oldest museums, destroyed much of the 20 million piece collection, and recovering objects from the ashes has been slow.
Pointed heads of Indigenous lances rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, are displayed during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
An urn of Marajoara ethnicity rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, is displayed during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
A Peruvian anthropomorphic ceramic rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, is displayed during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
A researcher holds an original amethyst, left, and an amethyst which was transformed into a yellow citrine stone due to the high temperatures caused by the fire that swept through the National Museum in September, during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
Karaja culture ceramics rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, are displayed during a media presentation, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 10, 2018. The director of the National Museum and the German consul hosted the press conference to announce their partnership for the reconstruction of the museum. (Photo/Agencies)
