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Stool From Slave Trade Era Is Likely Destroyed In Brazil's Museum Fire

10:03am September 17, 2018

by Philip Reeves

The entrance of Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building. — The entrance of Rio de Janeiro's treasured National Museum, one of Brazil's oldest, on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building. Carl de Souza / AFP/Getty Images

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