{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"ancient-colombians-built-huge-water-system-without-centralized-rule-archaeologis-979ceb4c","title":"Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say","url":"https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ancient-colombians-built-huge-centralized.html","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/ancient-colombians-built-huge-water-system-without-centralized-rule-archaeologis-979ceb4c","sourceName":"Phys.org","summary":"Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows. Archaeologists argue that policymakers in Colombia should now adopt a similar strategy to solve the country's current water manageme…","category":"Science","image":"https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/no-bosses-no-problem-p-2.jpg","lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T09:00:05+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-11T11:59:03.55549+00:00"}}