At 7:30 p.m. local time on Sunday a fire tore through the 200-year-old Museu Nacional in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

The museum is Brazil's answer to blockbuster western museums like London's British Museum, or the Smithsonian in Washington. Its deputy director, Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, said: "There will be absolutely nothing left of the National Museum. The country's 200-year history has been burned."

Here are the most revered and priceless items which are likely lost in the blaze: