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Excavation ongoing places tagged “assyrian” in Syria · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “assyrian” in Syria

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🇸🇾 Syria

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Ahmar

Middle Bronze Age to Roman (c.1800 BCE–200 CE), peak Iron Age–Assyrian · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Luwian → Neo-Assyrian

Euphrates terrace city 35 ha (Hittite Masuwari → Assyrian Til Barsip, D-shaped walls, Hypogeum).

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🇸🇾 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…