{
  "id": 18630,
  "title": "Odd shapes hidden in dense Amazon rainforest reveal sprawling ancient civilization",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/odd-shapes-hidden-in-dense-amazon-rainforest-reveal-sprawling-ancient",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-07-29T11:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science Magazine",
    "slug": "science-magazine",
    "url": "https://www.science.org/content/article/odd-shapes-hidden-dense-amazon-rainforest-reveal-sprawling-ancient-civilization"
  },
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "Newly found earthworks suggest about 3 million people might have lived in just about 3% of the forest’s entire area",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nature",
        "title": "Earthworks spotted in the Amazon hint at huge ancient civilization",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/29/earthworks-spotted-in-the-amazon-hint-at-huge-ancient-civilization",
        "published": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Smithsonian",
        "title": "Mysterious Shapes Hidden Beneath the Amazon Canopy Reveal a Sprawling Ancient Civilization Much Bigger Than Researchers Expected",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/07/31/mysterious-shapes-hidden-beneath-the-amazon-canopy-reveal-a-sprawling",
        "published": "2026-07-31T13:47:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}