Tagspalace-mound

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🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid

Huancaco Palace Mound — Virú Pyramid and Court

Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon — Gallinazo/Virú, Mochica and Wari–Huari (200 BCE–900 CE) · Virú–Gallinazo, Moche, Wari

Capital mound on south bank mid Virú River overlooking valley neck, first stratified mound excavation in Peru (Bennett 1936), defining Virú (Gallinazo) ceramic sequence underlying Moché.

🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid

Qatna (Tell Mishrifeh) — Royal Palace Mound and Acropolis Terrace

Early Bronze to Late Bronze Age (2600–1200 BCE), Amorite–Mitanni · Amorite–Hurrian–Mittanian (Qatna kingdom)

Major Bronze Age kingdom capital (2600–1200 BCE) 100-hectare walled city with 20 m-high Upper City acropolis and famed 150x100 m Late Bronze Age Palace of Qatna (2000–1340 BCE) containing intact…

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Huancaco Palace Mound — Virú Pyramid and Court

Qatna (Tell Mishrifeh) — Royal Palace Mound and Acropolis Terrace