{
  "id": 17285144,
  "title": "Crafted From Bone, This 2,800-Year-Old Flute Unearthed in Troy May Have Been Played Around the Time That Homer Composed 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/crafted-from-bone-this-2-800-year-old-flute-unearthed-in-troy-may",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T20:20:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/crafted-from-bone-this-2800-year-old-flute-unearthed-in-troy-may-have-been-played-around-the-time-that-homer-composed-the-iliad-and-the-odyssey-180989792/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After more than 150 years of excavations, the object is the first musical instrument ever discovered in the ruins of the ancient city, which is located in modern-day Turkey",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}