{
  "id": 17811003,
  "title": "Echoes of Rome in ancient China? What Beijing’s 1,800-year-old ship find reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/echoes-of-rome-in-ancient-china-what-beijings-1-800-year-old-ship-17811003",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T14:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3373016/echoes-rome-ancient-china-what-beijings-1800-year-old-ship-find-reveals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Three ancient wooden boats unearthed in Beijing and dating back about 1,800 years offer new evidence of shipbuilding technology and cultural exchanges between ancient China and the rest of the world, according to researchers. The researchers unveiled details of “the first physical evidence of ancient inland water transport” in the Chinese capital at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Beijing Public…",
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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."
}