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.