The currently running excavation seasons are accomplished by a regional survey covering the greater Wadi al-'Arab area since 2009.

It was originally excavated between 1890 and 1892 by the PEF during five excavation seasons.

The hoard was found during the 1933-34 excavation season at Tell Asmar beneath the floor of a temple dedicated to the god Abu.

In 1988 and 1989, two further excavation seasons were carried out under the direction of British archaeologist Roger Matthews.

The vase was discovered as a collection of fragments by German Assyriologists in their sixth excavation season at Uruk in 1933/1934.

The Sedgeford Hoard - recovered during the 2003 excavation season.

The statue was found during the fourth excavation season at Mari (Winter 1936-1937) by the French excavation team under André Parrot.

No hull remains were found in the 1997 excavation season.

The Heshbon Expedition continued with excavation seasons through 1976.

Mapping of the new site by Blue Creek staff and volunteers began in the 2008 excavation season and will continue in 2011.