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  "id": 15953757,
  "title": "Archaeologists May Have Solved the Mystery of a Roman Sarcophagus Excavated at Westminster Abbey in 1869",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/archaeologists-may-have-solved-the-mystery-of-a-roman-sarcophagus",
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  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-21T20:34:09.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-may-have-solved-the-mystery-of-a-roman-sarcophagus-excavated-at-westminster-abbey-in-1869-180989732/"
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  "summary": "New research suggests that the ancient coffin was repurposed in the 10th or 11th century to hold the remains of an abbot who had overseen the London monastery",
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        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/case-of-mysterious-medieval-skeleton-buried-in-roman-era-sarcophagus",
        "published": "2026-10-20T23:01:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Phys.org",
        "title": "Mystery skeleton found in Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey may finally have an identity",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/mystery-skeleton-found-in-roman-sarcophagus-at-westminster-abbey-may",
        "published": "2026-10-20T23:10:01.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Discover Magazine",
        "title": "A Mysterious Skeleton in a Roman Sarcophagus May Be One of Westminster Abbey’s Medieval Abbots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/a-mysterious-skeleton-in-a-roman-sarcophagus-may-be-one-of",
        "published": "2026-10-21T00:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/mystery-of-roman-sarcophagus-unearthed-at-westminster-abbey-solved-at",
        "published": "2026-10-21T05:00:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/case-of-mysterious-medieval-skeleton-buried-in-roman-era-sarcophagus",
        "published": "2026-10-21T11:02:34.000Z"
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  "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."
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