{
  "id": 8790133,
  "title": "'Rusty treasure' find revealed as Europe's largest assemblage of prehistoric iron bars",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/rusty-treasure-find-revealed-as-europes-largest-assemblage-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-20T23:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-rusty-treasure-revealed-europe-largest.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Analysis of a \"rusty treasure\" excavated during industrial gravel extraction at Deinham, Austria, reveals it is the largest mass find of prehistoric iron bars in Europe, pointing to iron production and trade during the Iron Age on an unprecedented scale.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "'Nothing short of a minor miracle': 'Rusty treasure' found in the Danube is full of 2,000-year-old iron bars that could equip an entire army with weapons",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/nothing-short-of-a-minor-miracle-rusty-treasure-found-in-the-danube",
        "published": "2026-09-20T23:01:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ScienceAlert",
        "title": "'Rusty Treasure' in Austria Revealed as Europe's Largest Cache of Iron Age Iron Bars",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/rusty-treasure-in-austria-revealed-as-europes-largest-cache-of-iron",
        "published": "2026-09-20T23:01:00.000Z"
      }
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  },
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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."
}