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  "id": 7804494,
  "title": "Mathematician challenges a 2,000-year-old legend about the Parthenon's optical illusions",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/mathematician-challenges-a-2-000-year-old-legend-about-the-parthenons",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:30:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-mathematician-year-legend-parthenon-optical.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "One of Athens' crowning jewels is the Parthenon, a classical temple on the Acropolis that overlooks the Greek capital. According to legend, many historians, textbooks and tour guides say the ancient Greek architects who designed it added subtle curves and other variations to correct optical illusions that would have disturbed the building's clean lines.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Scientist",
        "title": "The Parthenon’s architectural illusions are a myth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/the-parthenons-architectural-illusions-are-a-myth",
        "published": "2026-09-15T23:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Science",
        "title": "UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/uk-mathematician-debunks-myth-around-parthenons-optical-illusions",
        "published": "2026-09-16T04:01:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}