Giorgio BuccellatiProfessor Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, UCLAProfessor Emeritus in the Department History Department of History, UCLAResearch Professor in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, UCLA, Urkesh, TerqaDirector of the International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies (IIMAS)Marilyn Kelly-BuccellatiAssociated researcher in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA