{
  "id": 19688640,
  "title": "This Mysterious Combination Lock Sank in a 1583 Shipwreck. When Engineers Cracked the Code, It Clicked Open for the First Time in More Than 400 Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/this-mysterious-combination-lock-sank-in-a-1583-shipwreck-when",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T18:22:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-mysterious-combination-lock-sank-in-a-1583-shipwreck-when-engineers-cracked-the-code-it-clicked-open-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-400-years-180989864/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A metal detectorist recovered the brass artifact from the wreck of the \"Ann Francis,\" a merchant vessel that sank off southern Wales. Researchers used micro-CT scans to identify the four-letter combination",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}