{
  "id": 1025624,
  "title": "Shackled men in 2,600-year-old Greek mass graves were likely locals, archaeologists find",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/shackled-men-in-2-600-year-old-greek-mass-graves-were-likely-locals",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T11:20:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-shackled-men-year-greek-mass.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In 2016, archaeologists working at the Phaleron Burial Ground, part of the ancient Attica region, uncovered an astonishing sight: three mass graves dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE containing the skeletons of 79 adult men. Many were bound together with metal shackles.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}