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Read about results from the 2025 season as reported by UCF News.

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Led by Associate Professor Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, the U.S. National Science Foundation-sponsored Kurd Qaburstan project is uncovering rare physical evidence revealing what life looked like nearly 4,000 years ago and how civilization has evolved.
  • From siege-damaged buildings to human remains in destruction deposits, the team’s findings report the human toll of siege warfare in unusual detail.
  • The discoveries show northern Mesopotamian cities like Qabra were sophisticated, fortified and politically significant.