{
  "id": 590702,
  "title": "No Bosses: Ancient Engineering Marvel Was Built Without Rulers, Study Suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/no-bosses-ancient-engineering-marvel-was-built-without-rulers-study",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-11T17:55:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "404 Media",
    "slug": "404-media",
    "url": "https://www.404media.co/no-bosses-ancient-engineering-marvel-was-built-without-rulers-study-suggests/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 2,000-year-old canal system in Colombia visible from space was long assumed to be built at the direction of powerful rulers. New evidence is turning that assumption on its head.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}