The site of Hazor is around 200 acres (0.81 km²) in area, with an upper city making up about 1/8 of that.
The upper mound has a height of about 40 meters.
Initial soundings were carried out by John Garstang in 1926.

Major excavations were conducted for four seasons from 1955 to 1958 by a Hebrew University team led by  Yigael Yadin.

Yadin returned to Hazor for a final season of excavation in 1968.
The excavations were supported by James A. de Rothschild, and were published in a dedicated five volume set of books by the Israel Exploration Society.

Excavation at the site by Hebrew University, joined by the Complutense University of Madrid, resumed in 1990 under Amnon Ben-Tor.

Findings from the dig are housed in a museum at Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar.
In 2008, some artifacts in the museum were damaged in an earthquake.

In 2010, a clay tablet was discovered dating from the 18th or 17th centuries BC inscribed with laws in the style of Hammurabi's Code.
The document includes laws pertaining to body parts and damages, similar to laws such as "an eye for an eye" that appear in the Book of Exodus.
The document is written in Akkadian cuneiform, the diplomatic language of the period.

There had been claims by Christian polemicists that an artifact found at Hazor is that of "Allah, the moon god".
The site of Hazor is around 200 acres (0.81 km²) in area, with an upper city making up about 1/8 of that. The upper mound has a height of about 40 meters. Initial soundings were carried out by John Garstang in 1926.
Major excavations were conducted for four seasons from 1955 to 1958 by a Hebrew University team led by  Yigael Yadin.
Yadin returned to Hazor for a final season of excavation in 1968. The excavations were supported by James A. de Rothschild, and were published in a dedicated five volume set of books by the Israel Exploration Society.
Excavation at the site by Hebrew University, joined by the Complutense University of Madrid, resumed in 1990 under Amnon Ben-Tor.
Findings from the dig are housed in a museum at Kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar. In 2008, some artifacts in the museum were damaged in an earthquake.
In 2010, a clay tablet was discovered dating from the 18th or 17th centuries BC inscribed with laws in the style of Hammurabi's Code. The document includes laws pertaining to body parts and damages, similar to laws such as "an eye for an eye" that appear in the Book of Exodus. The document is written in Akkadian cuneiform, the diplomatic language of the period.
There had been claims by Christian polemicists that an artifact found at Hazor is that of "Allah, the moon god".
Tel Hazor