Ancient texts told of a city's fall — archaeologists in Iraq may have just found where it happened

Ancient texts told of a city's fall — archaeologists in Iraq may have just found where it happened

Archaeologists working in northern Iraq believe they may have uncovered the remains of an ancient city whose destruction is described in ancient Mesopotamian texts. What happened? According to a report from The Debrief, archaeologists working in Iraq's Kurdistan region during the 2024 and 2025 excavation seasons say they recovered 20 tablets bearing ancient writing, along with more than 100 administrative sealings found within buried layers of d…