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🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan transition (3000–2550 BCE) · Harappan (Nausharo I–III, Togau-Harappan)
Nausharo Mound — Bolan Kacchi in Balochistan, Kacchi Plain, 6 km from Mehrgarh (Bolantyp), Pakistan is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan transition (3000–2550 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Chalcolithic through Byzantine (c.5000 BCE–749 CE); EBA, MB–LB Canaanite/Egyptian, Iron I–II, Hellenistic-Roman-Byzantine · Chalcolithic–EBA Canaanite → New Kingdom Egyptian garrison → Israelite → Decapolis (Scythopolis)
Egyptian garrison tell (1450–1130 BCE) + EBA–Byzantine Beth Shean — 11 cities with Mekal temple and 749 CE earthquake debris (c.5000 BCE–749 CE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
PPNA–PPNB through Halaf (c.9500–7500 BCE; Halaf 6000–5500 BCE) · Taş Tepeler PPN (PPNA–PPNB forager-cultivators) and Halaf village
PPN hillside tell (c.9500–7500 BCE) with round houses and failed-precursor T-pillar — Taş Tepeler domestic village.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) · Harappan (Kalibangan I–II, Ghaggar-Hakra)
Kalibangan Mound — Ghaggar Thar in Rajasthan, Hanumangarh District, Ghaggar (ancient Saraswati) bank, India is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1750 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) · North Mesopotamian (Halaf-Ubaid, Uruk, Akkadian)
Tepe Gawra Mound — Erbil Plain in Nineveh Governorate / Kurdistan, Erbil plain, 25 km NE Mosul, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to North…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3600–2600 BCE, Amri-Nal) · Amri culture (pre-Harappan Sindh)
Amri Mound — Indus Sehwan in Sindh, Dadu District, west bank Indus near Sehwan (Amri type-site), Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3600–2600 BCE, Amri-Nal) pyramid/mound site attributed…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, Makran coastal network) · Harappan (coastal Makran outpost)
Sotka-koh Mound — Makran Coast in Balochistan, Makran coast near Pasni (Harappan coastal outpost), Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE, Makran coastal network) pyramid/mound site attributed…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
MK through Roman; Saite-Persian peak · Middle Kingdom → Hyksos → Saite Necho II → Persian Achaemenid → Ptolemaic
Wadi Tumilat gateway tell — Middle Kingdom fort, Hyksos, Saite grain silos (600 m³) and Darius I canal station, biblical Pithom/Heroöpolis.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early to Late Harappan (2800–1700 BCE, Ghaggar-Harappan) · Harappan (Banawali I–III, Sothi–Siswal)
Banawali Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Fatehabad District, Ghaggar bank (Banawali-Harappan), India is a Early to Late Harappan (2800–1700 BCE, Ghaggar-Harappan) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) · Harappan (Farmana / Daksha, Mature Harappan)
Farmana Mound — Haryana Daksha in Haryana, Rohtak District, Ghaggar plain (Farmana/Daksha), India is a Mature Harappan (2600–2000 BCE, Farmana cemetery) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Rakhigarhi I–III, Ghaggar-Saraswati)
Rakhigarhi Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Hisar District, Ghaggar plain (ancient Saraswati), India is a Early Harappan to Mature Harappan (3500–1900 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Third Intermediate through Late-Byzantine; TI fortress phase · Theban High Priest (21st) → Libyan 22nd → Saite → Graeco-Roman
Third Intermediate border fortress (1070 BCE) with 12 m bastioned wall on Nile cliff — Theban–Tanite frontier garrison, Amenhotep III temple, priestly necropolis and Hibeh papyri.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3500–2500 BCE) · Amri-Nal culture (Sindh pre-Harappan)
Ali Murad Mound — Sindh in Sindh, Johi District, Kirthar foothills (Amri-Nal–Kot Diji horizon), Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (3500–2500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to…
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) · Harappan (Mitathal I–II, Sothi–Siswal)
Mitathal Mound — Haryana in Haryana, Bhiwani District, Ghaggar plain (Mitathal), India is a Early to Late Harappan (3000–1800 BCE, Sothi–Siswal to Harappan) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Late Chalcolithic through EB III–MBA (c.3500–2200 BCE); Late Chalcolithic, EB Ia–III Egyptian contact · Ghassulian → EBA I–III Canaanite urban with Naqada IIIb Egyptian colony (1st Dynasty)
25 ha EBA fortified town with Egyptian Colony (Dynasty 0–1) and EB IB wall — S. Yeivin gateway tell to Hebron hills.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) · Amorite / Old Babylonian (Eshnunna kingdom)
Tell Harmal — Shaduppum Temple Mound in Baghdad eastern Diyala, Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum), Iraq is a Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Amorite / Old…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Neolithic through Persian–Hellenistic (c.5000 BCE–332 BCE); EBA, MB–LB Canaanite, Iron I–II, Persian · Chalcolithic–EBA Canaanite → LB Canaanite → Iron I Philistine/Judahite → Persian province
1890 stratigraphic excavation origin — 12-m Petrie tell with EBA–Persian sequence (Neolithic–Iron) founding ceramic seriation.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Nabada, Khabur)
Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur (ancient Nabada), Syria is a Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Dynastic…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Tripolye C2 → Usatovo (c.3500–3200 BCE) → Early Yamnaya fringe · Late Trypillia C2 → Usatovo (Post-Trypillia) steppe–farming synthesis → Early Yamnaya infiltration
Usatovo village–kurgan cemetery (c.3500–3200 BCE) on liman — Trypillia→Yamnaya bridge with stelae and copper (Petrenko).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
EB III through EB IV/Intermediate Bronze (c.2500–2000 BCE) with EBA predecessor and MB I squatter · EB III Canaanite → EB IV transitional (Intermediate Bronze) highland town
Fortified EB IV town (c.2500–2000 BCE) with double walls — only continuous EBA III→EB IV survival above 4.2kya collapse (Richard).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Sumerian Ur III to Kassite (2112–1200 BCE) · Sumerian (Ur III, Isin-Larsa, Kassite)
Nippur Ekur Ziggurat — Nuffar in Qadisiyah Governorate, Afak District (ancient Nippur, T. Nuffar), Iraq is a Sumerian Ur III to Kassite (2112–1200 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Sumerian (Ur…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2025–1763 BCE) · Amorite / Sumerian continuity (Larsa dynasty)
Larsa Ziggurat — Tell Senkereh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa), Iraq is a Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2025–1763 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Amorite / Sumerian…
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Neolithic through Medieval (c.6000 BCE–15th c. CE); Starčevo, Vinča, Vučedol, Vatin–Belegiš, La Tène, Roman–Medieval · Starčevo–Koros → Vinča → Kostolac–Vučedol → Vatin–Belegiš (Bronze) → Hallstatt–La Tène Scordisci
6th-mill.–15th-c. Srem tell (45 ha survey) with Vinča–Vučedol–Scordisci sequence — 10 m stratigraphy on Sava (Garašanin).
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Syria is a Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) pyramid/mound site attributed…
