Brazil's national museum said Tuesday it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire last September.
The collection had 700 pieces and was the largest in Latin America before the blaze. The artifacts recovered include statues, vases and amulets that had been buried inside the casket of a mummy and hadn't seen the light of day since the mummy was buried around 750 B.C.
Museum director Alexander Kellner told reporters the museum's recovery effort is being conducted with funds provided by the German government, an online money-raising campaign and an allocation from the previous Brazilian government.
He said the new administration of President Jair Bolsonaro hasn't allocated any money for the museum and recovery efforts will soon run out of funding.
"Look, all this is going to end, there is no way we can continue," Kellner said. The national museum depends on funding from the Ministry of Education and Kellner said they have not been able to make direct contact with ministry officials.
"We need to have direct contact with the minister," he said. "Without the Education Ministry, we won't have another national museum."
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