Researchers from Brazil's National Museum say that they have recovered more than 1,500 pieces from the debris of a massive fire.
The items found include Brazilian indigenous arrows, a Peruvian vase and a pre-Colombian funeral urn.
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Researchers from Brazil's National Museum say that they have recovered more than 1,500 pieces from the debris of a massive fire.
The progress was announced Monday morning, along with details of a US$205,000 donation from the German government for conservation equipment.
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
Klaus Zillikens, consul general of Germany in Brazil, during a media presentation of some of the artifacts rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
In October, researchers recovered skull fragments and a part of the femur belonging to "Luzia," the name scientist gave to a woman who lived 11,500 years ago.
Artifacts 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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
The progress was announced Monday morning, along with details of a US$205,000 donation from the German government for conservation equipment.
The museum in Rio de Janeiro is one of the world's oldest. It housed more than 20 million pieces before being gutted by a massive fire on Sept. 2.
Authorities have yet to say how the fire started.
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
Klaus Zillikens, consul general of Germany in Brazil, during a media presentation of some of the artifacts rescued from the ashes of the fire that swept through Rio’s National Museum in September, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)
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, Monday, 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. (AP PhotoLeo Correa)