Sounds like they're doing a thorough job -- also, the dig has probably been going on for a while (at least a few years), but this is the first I'd read about it. Must be they finally have some dates to publish, that kind of thing.
I have a file on it on my desktop. CBN (Pat Robertson) and a scientific journal (?) did a story on it in the past few weeks. There have been questions why the site remains unnamed - other than New York of the ancient Levant... Look that up in your concordance. :)
Of course there are no records from 5K BCE to identify urban remains, but the top levels might appear in Egyptian or even Greek records. Phoenician? ...or just a modern name: The Interchange Impressway?
***sandalleggers***
Good point! 😉