Unveiling the Mysteries of the Bronze Age: Lost City Emerges in Iraq

A game board, clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, and sizable structural remnants were found at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan by a UCF researcher and her team. These finds could reveal a great deal about this city from the Middle Bronze Age and illuminate Mesopotamia's lesser-known past.

The clay tablets, which are still being analyzed, are the first of their kind discovered in the area. According to preliminary research, they offer a deeper understanding of the local population and the highly significant events they experienced.

At the Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, located in the Erbil region of northeast Iraq, Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, an associate professor of history at UCF, and a group of researchers have been meticulously unearthing culturally significant discoveries from the Middle Bronze Age (1800 BCE).

The ancient Mesopotamian civilization, which existed in and around modern-day Iraq, is responsible for a sizable amount of human history and progress.
Examining these new tablets may provide valuable information about the city's historical significance and relationships with its neighbors throughout the Middle Bronze Age. In her fieldwork summary, Earley-Spadoni states that researchers might gain a deeper understanding of literacy in the area and the cultural identity of the city by examining people's names, word choices, and writing styles.