{
  "id": 19317424,
  "title": "Why inhabitants of China’s 5,000-year-old cultural capital buried a stunning ancient palace",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/why-inhabitants-of-chinas-5-000-year-old-cultural-capital-buried-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T10:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3373925/why-inhabitants-chinas-5000-year-old-cultural-capital-buried-stunning-ancient-palace"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The ancient palace would have been considered a crown jewel of its people. Foreigners would have admired it with awe, and locals would have held it in great esteem. Then, 5,000 years ago, the villagers deliberately buried it, and we do not know why. A team of scientists announced several updates in mid-October about their work at Nanzuo, an ancient capital city near Qingyang, Gansu, in northwest…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}