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Discoveries at the site have been featured in a variety of media outlets. We welcome opportunities to collaborate with journalists to share our findings more broadly with the public.<\/p>\n

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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 18<\/strong>
\nArkeonews<\/em>
\n“Researchers Discovered Clay Tablets with Ancient Cuneiform Writing, a Game Board, and Large Structural Remains in Kurd Qaburstan”<\/a><\/p>\n

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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

November 20<\/strong>
\nUCF College of Arts and Humanities<\/em>
\n“Tiffany Earley-Spadoni’s Book Wins Frank Moore Cross Award”<\/a><\/p>\n

University Press of Colorado<\/em>
\n“Tiffany Earley-Spadoni Wins the Frank Moore Cross Award”<\/a><\/p>\n

November 10<\/strong>
\nUNC Magazine (University of Northern Colorado)<\/em>
\n“Mesopotamia’s Lost City — Uncovering the Unseen”<\/a><\/p>\n

October 23<\/strong>
\nGreek Reporter<\/em>
\n“Archaeologists Race to Save 4,000-Year-Old Unfired Cuneiform Tablets in Iraq”<\/a><\/p>\n

September 30<\/strong>
\nASOR (American Society of Overseas Research)<\/em>
\n“Shepard Urgent Action Grant Report: Emergency Stabilization of Cuneiform Tablets and Sealings at Kurd Qaburstan”<\/a><\/p>\n

September 29<\/strong>
\nKurdistan Chronicle<\/em>
\n“A Lost City Revealed”<\/a><\/p>\n

July 11<\/strong>
\nKurdistan24<\/em>
\nNews segment on Kurd Qaburstan<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2<\/strong>
\nUCF Pegasus Magazine<\/em>
\n“The Cradle of Civilization”<\/a><\/p>\n

May 1<\/strong>
\nThe Brighter Side of News<\/em>
\n“Ancient Iraqi City Provides Rare Insight into Daily Life in Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

January 28<\/strong>
\nVoice of America\/ Dengi Amerika (Kurdish)<\/em>
\n“\u0634\u0648\u06ce\u0646\u06d5\u0648\u0627\u0631\u06ce\u06a9\u06cc \u062f\u06ce\u0631\u06cc\u0646 \u0644\u06d5 \u0646\u0632\u06cc\u06a9 \u0647\u06d5\u0648\u0644\u06ce\u0631 \u062f\u06d5\u062f\u06c6\u0632\u0631\u06ce\u062a\u06d5\u0648\u06d5” (An Ancient Archaeological Site Near Erbil Is Discovered)<\/a><\/p>\n

January 22<\/strong>
\nThe Jerusalem Post<\/em>
\n“Excavations at Kurd Qaburstan Uncover Clues to Ancient Mesopotamian City of Qabra”<\/a><\/p>\n

January 17<\/strong>
\nBiblical Archaeology Society<\/em>
\n“Excavating Middle Bronze Kurdistan”<\/a><\/p>\n

January 16<\/strong>
\nMiami Herald<\/em>
\n“Writing on Clay Tablets — Uncovered in Iraq — Reveal Hidden History of Ancient City”<\/a><\/p>\n

Charlotte Observer \/ Kansas City Star \/ Herald Sun \/ Tri-City Herald \/ The State \/ Centre Daily Times<\/em>
\n“Writing on Clay Tablets — Uncovered in Iraq — Reveal Hidden History of Ancient City”<\/a><\/p>\n

MSN (UK)<\/em>
\n“Archaeology Breakthrough as 3,800-Year-Old Discoveries Cast New Light on Ancient Site”<\/a><\/p>\n

Express (UK)<\/em>
\n“Archaeology Breakthrough: 3,800-Year-Old Discoveries Cast New Light on Ancient Site”<\/a><\/p>\n

Greek Reporter<\/em>
\n“Lost City of Qabra: Babylonian Inscriptions Found”<\/a><\/p>\n

Alhurra (Arabic)<\/em>
\n“Iraq: An Important Archaeological Discovery 4,000 Years Old”<\/a><\/p>\n

La Brujula Verde (Spanish)<\/em>
\n“Arqueologos encuentran evidencias de que Kurd Qaburstan podria ser la antigua ciudad de Qabra mencionada en inscripciones babilonicas”<\/a><\/p>\n

Gadgets 360<\/em>
\n“Archaeologists Discover Ancient Artifacts in Iraq, Unlocking Secrets of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

Ancient Origins<\/em>
\n“Exciting Artifacts Found in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden Mesopotamian History”<\/a><\/p>\n

Mirage News<\/em>
\n“Iraq Dig Unveils Ancient Mesopotamian Secrets”<\/a><\/p>\n

Archaeology News Online Magazine<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts in Iraq Uncover Hidden History of Ancient Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

Arkeonews<\/em>
\n“Researchers Discovered Clay Tablets with Ancient Cuneiform Writing, a Game Board, and Large Structural Remains in Kurd Qaburstan”<\/a><\/p>\n

January 15<\/strong>
\nArchaeology Magazine (Archaeological Institute of America)<\/em>
\n“Middle Bronze Age Cuneiform Tablets Unearthed in Northern Iraq”<\/a><\/p>\n

Archaeology Wiki<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden History of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

January 14<\/strong>
\nPhys.org<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts Unearthed in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden History of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

EurekAlert!<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts Unearthed in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden History of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

ScienceDaily<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts Unearthed in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden History of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n

UCF Office of Research (YouTube)<\/em>
\n“Uncovering an Ancient Bronze Age City in Iraq”<\/a><\/p>\n

University of Central Florida News<\/em>
\n“Ancient Artifacts Unearthed in Iraq Shed Light on Hidden History of Mesopotamia”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Discoveries at the site have been featured in a variety of media outlets. We welcome opportunities to collaborate with journalists to share our findings more broadly with the public. 2026 January 18 Arkeonews “Researchers Discovered Clay Tablets with Ancient Cuneiform Writing, a Game Board, and Large Structural Remains in Kurd Qaburstan” 2025 November 20 UCF…","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":269,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-453","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":547,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/453\/revisions\/547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.cah.ucf.edu\/kq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}