🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Shrine Niche North — Thracian Plain (Plovdiv)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Shrine Niche North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Buried city
Wupatki Pueblo
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Wupatki Pueblo in Pampas, Argentina is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ziggurat of Assur (Qal'at Sherqat)
Old Akkadian to Middle Assyrian, c.2600–1200 BCE · Assyrian
Ziggurat of Assur at Qal'at Sherqat — holy city of Ashur, earliest Assyrian capital (c.2600–614 BCE, core Old Akkadian/Ur III, restored Shamshi-Adad I, Shalmaneser I).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chagar Bazar — Khabur Ancient Town Extension
Halaf to Old Babylonian (6000–1600 BCE) · Halaf then Amorite Ashnakkum
Chagar Bazar — Khabur Ancient Town Extension in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Halaf to Old Babylonian (6000–1600 BCE) tell attributed to Halaf then Amorite Ashnakkum.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Buried city
Poverty Point Ridge
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Poverty Point Ridge in Amazonas, Brazil is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace
Akkadian to Old Babylonian (2600–1728 BCE) · Akkadian/Assyrian
Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle, Syria is a Akkadian to Old Babylonian (2600–1728 BCE) tell attributed to Akkadian/Assyrian culture.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Tell el-Ajjul — Gaza
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4000 BCE–600 CE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Philistine
Tell el-Ajjul — Gaza in Gaza Strip, Palestine is a Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4000 BCE–600 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Egyptian / Philistine.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Tell el-Far'ah South — Sharuhen?
Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine / Egyptian
Tell el-Far'ah South — Sharuhen? in Negev / Gaza border, Palestine is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine / Egyptian.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace
Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) · Canaanite-Hurrian
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace in Latakia Governorate, Mediterranean, Syria is a Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite-Hurrian culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley — workshop-deb
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Workshop Debris East in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Munhata
Yarmukian to Ghassulian (c.6400–3500 BCE) · Yarmukian → Wadi Raba → Ghassulian Chalcolithic
Stratified Neolithic–Chalcolithic mound (5 m high) in the central Jordan Valley, excavated by Jean Perrot. Yarmukian Pot...
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Silo Group South
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Silo Group South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription
Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) · Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite
Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Tell el-Muqdam South Suburb (Leontopolis South)
Hyksos to Saite-Persian (1700–343 BCE) · Hyksos / Egyptian (Leontopolite nome)
Hyksos-to-Saite suburb 600m south of Leontopolis with lion statues.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Keisan — Acco Plain
Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (3500–150 BCE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Assyrian
Tel Keisan — Acco Plain in Galilee coastal plain, Israel is a Early Bronze Age to Hellenistic (3500–150 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Assyrian.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture · Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan)
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture tell attributed to Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Karaz (Kahraman) Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzurum Province.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
River Cut Section West — Susiana (Ahvaz)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
River Cut Section West in Susiana, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Yaz Depe
Late Bronze to Early Iron (c.1500–500 BCE; Yaz I–III Iron 1200–500, Achaemenid Yaz III) · Margiana (BMAC) → Yaz I (Early Iron handmade) → Yaz II–III (Median–Achaemenid)
Yaz Depe in Murghab delta is type-site of Yaz I–III Iron culture (c.1200–500 BCE) — Early Iron fortified village with handmade painted Yaz ware, successor to BM...
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Godin Tepe — Oval Compound High Mound
Early Bronze (III) to Iron III/Median, c.2600–500 BCE · Elamite / Median / Achaemenid
Oval Compound high mound at Godin Tepe (Period VI:1, c.500–330 BCE plus earlier Period III, c.2600 BCE high terrace). 120 × 80 m oval compound with bastions on natural mound 32 m high. T.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Harod — Neolithic and Bronze Enclosures
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Iron Age (8300 BCE–600 BCE) · Neolithic / Canaanite
Tel Harod — Neolithic and Bronze Enclosures in Jezreel Valley, Israel is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Iron Age (8300 BCE–600 BCE) tell attributed to Neolithic / Canaanite.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Arabid (Tell Erbid)
Early Jezirah I–III (c.3000–2200 BCE) · Ninevite-5 → Early Dynastic Jezirah
30-ha EB town with nine-phase Ninevite-5 through ED III defensive wall, gate with corbel vault, “Animal House” kitchen with fauna scatters, eye-idol temple and Soviet-Polish plan 7 stratified ED…
🇷🇸 Serbia · Ancient village
Starčevo-Grad
Early Neolithic Starčevo-Körös-Criș · Starčevo (SE Neolithic)
Type-site of the Starčevo culture (6200–5400 BCE), the first Neolithic farmers to colonize Southeast Europe from Anatolia, bridging Anatolian Neolithic to Vinča and Linearbandkeramik.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Harmal
Old Babylonian (c.2000–1750 BCE; peak c.1800 BCE) · Isin-Larsa → Old Babylonian (Amorite-Eshnunna)
Best-preserved Old Babylonian planned town (2.25 ha, 150×150 m orthogonal walled) with twin temples (Šara, Bēlet-Agade), admin complex (3000 tablets including a...