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Excavation ongoing places tagged “palace” in Syria · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing places tagged “palace” in Syria

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🇸🇾 Syria

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Sakka

Early Bronze Age III–IV (c.2600–2000 BCE) · Southern Syria EB (Ghouta palace culture)

Ghouta EB palace 8 ha (c.2600–2000 BCE, wall paintings, double enceinte) 18 km SE Damascus.

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🇸🇾 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…