The first excavations at the site were conducted in 1995.

A more extensive excavation of the area was conducted in 1945.

A large-scale excavation was conducted at the site between 1958 and 1961.

The excavations of the site were conducted in the 19th and 20th centuries.

They may have been named after a person who conducted archaeological excavations.

Their foundation stones were found in the excavations conducted between 1969 and 1972.

The first excavation of the stone's vicinity was conducted in 1860.

The synagogue was discovered during an excavation conducted in 1987.

Jacques de Morgan conducted major excavations from 1897 until 1911.

With urban expansion, additional excavations were conducted in the 1970s, late 1980s, and throughout the 1990s.