🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Bashi
Neolithic–Chalcolithic (c.6000–4500 BCE, Mushki–Bashi–Bakun) · Fars Neolithic Mushki → Bashi → Bakun
Ramjerd Neolithic tell 5 m high (Mushki–Shamsabad, early painted Mushki ware) NW of Persepolis.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Şeyh Höyük (Kilis)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB Levantine (Amuq F–G)
Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB Levantine (Amuq F–G) tell at Kilis Province – eb hamlet on basalt ridge south of oylum (dims Mound 100×80 m, 6 m EB).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Madhhur (Hamrin)
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) · Uruk
Late Chalcolithic Uruk (3800–3100 BCE) Uruk tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – type-site for uruk tripartite house (dims Mound 2 ha, tripartite house 20×8 m).
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Vinča-Belo Brdo
Early to Late Neolithic/Chalcolithic (Starčevo→Vinča) · Vinča culture (Old Europe)
Type-site of the Vinča culture (5700–4500 BCE), the most advanced Neolithic-Copper Age tell in Southeast Europe: 9 m cultural layer, 13 habitation horizons, figurines (Lady of Vinča), proto-writing…
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Susa
Neolithic to Medieval (c.4200 BCE–1218 CE; Elamite capital c.2700–646 BCE; Achaemenid palace 522–331 BCE) · Elamite / Persian Achaemenid / Seleucid / Parthian / Sassanian
Elamite capital then Achaemenid administrative capital (Darius I, 522 BCE), Susa preserves mound sequence from 4200 BCE: Apadana of Darius (36 limestone columns, glazed brick friezes of Immortals and…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Qatna
Early Bronze to Late Bronze (Amorite Hurrian) · Amorite then Hurrian-Mitanni Egyptian orbit
Mighty Middle Bronze (c.2800–1340 BCE) kingdom city of Qatna controlling eastern Homs basin, with 1 km-square royal palace (largest Bronze Age palace in Syria, 10,000 m²) and intact royal hypogeum…
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Nurabad
Neolithic to Sasanian (c.5000 BCE–600 CE) · Fars Chalcolithic → Elam → Persian
Mamasani multiperiod tell 8 m high (Neolithic–Sasanian 6k yr, Bakun–Banesh–Kaftari) west Fars.
🇷🇴 Romania · Tell
Isaiia Precucuteni–Cucuteni Settlement
Precucuteni III – Cucuteni A (c.4800–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni–Cucuteni
Key transition tell at Isaiia–Balta Popii on a low terrace of the Jijia, with 6 m Precucuteni III → Cucuteni A sequence excavated by N. Ursulescu since 1996.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Tell Leilan (Shubat-Enlil)
Early Bronze to Old Assyrian · Akkadian → Amorite Assyrian
Akkadian provincial capital turned Assyrian royal city Shubat-Enlil (Shamshi-Adad I c.1813–1791 BCE), with 90 ha walled city, Akkadian palace on Acropolis, and the Weiss 4.2ka climate event…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Uruk (Warka)
Neolithic to Sassanian (c.5000 BCE–632 CE; Uruk period city 4000–3100 BCE) · Sumerian / Babylonian / Persian
Type site for Uruk period and first true city (c.4000–3100 BCE), Uruk at peak 2900 BCE housed 50,000–80,000 inside 9.5 km city wall built by Gilgamesh (per Epic).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Alalakh (Tell Atchana)
Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.2000–1200 BCE; Level VII palace 1650–1600 BCE) · Amorite / Yamhad / Hittite / Mitanni
Bronze Age capital of Mukish kingdom in Amuq plain, Alalakh yielded Levels VII–0 (Middle–Late Bronze) with cuneiform archives of King Idrimi's inscription (statue autobiography), Yarim-Lim palace,…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü)
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü) — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ur
Ubaid to Persian (c.3800 BCE–300 BCE; Early Dynastic/Ur III peak 2600–2000 BCE) · Sumerian / Akkadian / Babylonian / Persian
Sumerian city-state of the moon god Nanna (Sîn), Ur famous for Woolley's excavations 1922–34: Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu (2112 BCE) best-preserved ziggurat, Royal Cemetery with Standard of Ur, Pu-abi's…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
İmamoğlu Höyük
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
İmamoğlu Höyük — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell al-Rimah — High Temple Mound (Qatara)
Old Babylonian to Middle Assyrian, c.2000–1350 BCE · Old Babylonian / Assyrian (Qatara/Karana)
Tell al-Rimah (ancient Qatara/Karana) high temple mound with Old Babylonian temple and casemate ziggurat-mimic platform (c.2000–1600 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Kurdu
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Tell Kurdu — buried eba-iron tell/village at Hatay Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Sos Höyük
Chalcolithic to Medieval (c.4500 BCE–1453 CE; Kura-Araxes from 3500 BCE) · Chalcolithic → Kura-Araxes (Karaz) → Early Transcaucasian → Urartian → Medieval
Transcaucasian gateway mound (4500 BCE–1453 CE) with 6 ka Kura-Araxes to Seljuk sequence at Erzurum.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bestansur
Early Neolithic (c.8000–7100 BCE; Bestansur horizon) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic B → Pottery Neolithic Shahrizor
Shahrizor PPNB town (8000–7100 BCE) with courtyard houses and plaster floors SE of Sulaymaniyah.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bakr Awa
Chalcolithic to Islamic (c.5000 BCE–1500 CE; Bronze citadel LBA) · Chalcolithic → Bronze (Shahrizor) → Iron → Achaemenid → Islamic
Shahrizor 40 ha citadel (5000 BCE–1500 CE) with Bronze tablets of Idu dynasty near Halabja.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Sheikh-e Abad
Aceramic Neolithic (c.8500–7700 BCE) · Zagros PPN (Sheikh-e Abad horizon)
Sahneh PPN mound (8500 BCE) with plastered houses and early goat — sister to Ganj Dareh.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Pardis
Transitional Chalcolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.5300–3400 BCE) · Cheshmeh Ali → Pardis Transitional Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic
Tehran Plain kiln centre (5300 BCE) with 12 two-chamber updraft kilns producing Cheshmeh Ali ware.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell el-Kerkh
PPN to Ubaid (c.8500–4000 BCE; Neolithic floruit 8500–6600 BCE) · PPN → Pottery Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid Rouj
Rouj basin triple mound (8500–4000 BCE) with aceramic PPN to Halaf-Ubaid sequence west of Idlib.