The site was excavated between 1957 and 1959 by Danish and Iraqi archaeologists and is now inundated by Lake Dukan.

After the Second World War, several excavations were carried out by Iraqi archaeologists.

The cracks that occurred in 1991 are believed to have been patched by Iraqi archaeologists, but more or heavier shocks from military sites in the area could bring it down.

In the late 1990s, some salvage excavation related to a roadway project was conducted at Tell Jokha by Iraqi archaeologists.

Another area within Dur-Kurigalzu, Tell Abu Shijar, was excavated by Iraqi archaeologists and the results have recently been published.

In the late 1990s, Iraqi archaeologists worked at Tell Asmar.

Donny George Youkhanna, 60, Iraqi archaeologist, anthropologist and author, heart attack.

September 17 - Hormuzd Rassam, Iraqi archaeologist (b. 1826)

There is nothing that Iraqi archaeologists would like more than to begin systematic digs through those layers, said Donny George, director of the Baghdad Museum.

In May 2008, Iraqi archaeologists were able to visit the areas for the first time since before the Second Gulf War.