Abstract

Since 2023, fieldwork has resumed at the site of Khorsabad in Iraq, formerly Dur Sharrukin, capital of the Assyrian king Sargon (722-705 BC). This work is part of the long history of the discipline in the Near East, since the very first archaeological excavations took place in Khorsabad itself in 1843, carried out by a French consul, Paul Emile Botta. Almost 200 years later, the research objectives are obviously no longer the same, even if many questions remain about this site, which is still wrongly believed to be known so well. This presentation will therefore focus on the history of the site and the research, as well as the recent findings of the new multidisciplinary archaeological mission.

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