{
  "id": 15204228,
  "title": "Unearthing Silk Road Secrets: How modern technology is rewriting Central Asian history",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/unearthing-silk-road-secrets-how-modern-technology-is-rewriting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/world/2026-10-17-unearthing-silk-road-secrets-how-modern-technology-is-rewriting-central-asian-history/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chinese researchers are partnering with local institutes in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan to excavate ancient Silk Road burial grounds using 3D modelling and deploy advanced structural conservation techniques to preserve deteriorating ruins.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}