reporter it is call fothe gornment tset in,- to ste in, to ensure vacm's not sh hackers h weightier--he way to your hard drive. brent: a huge fire has ripped through brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro, getting the 200-year-old building. it has to collection of 20 million items. we are talking about egyptian, greco-roman artifacts, and the oldest human skull found in the western hemisphere. the museum director is calling it a cultural tragedy. reporter: history turned to ash. the preserved collection of 20 million items in brazil's national museum in rio de janeiro almost totally destroyed on sunday night. museum staff the following morning coming to terms with what happened. >> it is a tragedy. it is. there is a period of mourning. we have to go through this, but we have to think, what now? it does not help just to cry. it is necessary for all the authorities that have the resources, specifically the federal government, to help the national museum put its history back together. we have already lost part of her collection. brazil cannot lose its history. reporter: brazilians ar