{
  "id": 17802865,
  "title": "What did people eat and drink 4,000 years ago? New finds shed light on life in Mesopotamia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/what-did-people-eat-and-drink-4-000-years-ago-new-finds-shed-light-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T13:44:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/02/what-did-people-eat-and-drink-4000-years-ago-new-finds-shed-light-on-life-in-mesopotamia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Archaeologists working at Tell Muhammad in Baghdad have uncovered new evidence of daily life in ancient Mesopotamia, including possible bread and beer production facilities. The site dates mainly to the era of Hammurabi, around 2000 to 1600 BC.",
  "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."
}