{
  "id": 19874916,
  "title": "Two Centuries After This Bronze Leg Emerged From a Scottish Bog, Archaeologists Believe It May Have Belonged to a Towering Statue of a Roman Emperor on Horseback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/two-centuries-after-this-bronze-leg-emerged-from-a-scottish-bog",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T21:34:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-centuries-after-this-bronze-leg-emerged-from-a-scottish-bog-archaeologists-believe-it-may-have-once-belonged-to-a-towering-statue-of-a-roman-emperor-on-horseback-180989872/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Long thought to have been looted from northern England by Scottish tribes, the larger-than-life leg may have actually been displayed in Roman Scotland, before it was carefully dismantled and buried by retreating forces",
  "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."
}