⌂Ancient cities

🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell

Tell el-Burak

MB II (c.2000–1600 BCE) · Canaanite MB II coastal → Phoenician

Small Middle Bronze II fortified town (1.6 ha) on a coastal hill south of Sidon, Lebanese-German excavations by Uwe Fink...

🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city

La Muerta Mirador Basin

Late Preclassic Mirador fluorescence 400 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Mirador Basin)

Mirador Basin satellite 10 km SE of El Mirador on 12 km raised sacbe to Nakbe. Structure 1 retains 6 m stucco sculpture of jaguar paw and Structure 2 has cranial caches.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Haddad

Early Bronze to Neo-Babylonian (c.3000–500 BCE; OB peak c.1800) · Sumerian → Old Babylonian → Kassite → Neo-Babylonian

Twin-mound (with Tell al-Sib) on Diyala-Adhaim — ancient Mê-Turran/Turran cult city with Adad temple and ziggurat podium. Iraqi–Italian Hamrin Dam rescue excava...

🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city

Sahri Bahlol — Taxila Mound Annex at Loriyan

Kushan (100 CE) Gandhara · Gandhara Buddhist

Sahri Bahlol — Taxila Mound Annex at Loriyan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kushan (100 CE) Gandhara ancient-city attributed to Gandhara Buddhist.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Phellos — Lycian Hill City Extension

Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) · Lycian

Phellos — Lycian Hill City Extension in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian (500 BCE–200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City

Classical (500 BCE) · Karian–Lycian border

Calynda — Karia-Lycia Border City in Muğla Province, Turkey is a Classical (500 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Karian–Lycian border.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city

Timgad North Quarter (Thamugadi)

Roman (100 CE – 7th c CE; Trajanic foundation) · Roman (Numidia, Legio III Augusta veterans)

The northern insula quarter of the perfect Trajanic grid city (12×12 insulae), Timgad North exposes veterans' houses, library with mosaic, northern baths and market, beyond the bli...

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Canaanite / Philistine

Tel Gerisa — Yarkon Gardens in Yarkon, Israel is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Philistine.

🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city

Tetitla Apartment — Teotihuacan

Classic (450–650 CE) · Teotihuacan

Tetitla Apartment — Teotihuacan in Mexico State, Mexico is a Classic (450–650 CE) ancient-city attributed to Teotihuacan. Apartment with eagles and jaguars murals, pulque gods and Tlaloc processions.

🇩🇿 Algeria · Fortress

Thamallula (Theniet Belezma)

Roman (1st–5th c CE) · Roman (Numidia)

Pass fort on northern Aurès road, Thamallula guards the Belezma gap with courtyard fortress and road village.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Idebessos — Lycian Tower City

Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian

Idebessos — Lycian Tower City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Mozan — Urkesh Palace and Temple Terrace

Third to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Hurrian (Urkesh)

Khabur excavations by Buccellati 1984–, Hurrian royal archives, stone lions and underworld pit abi.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Arykanda — Cliff Terrace City Lycia

Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–600 CE) · Lycian → Roman

Lycian cliff city excavated by Bayburtluoğlu 1971–, tombs of Arykanda princes and basilica with mosaics.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Pergamon (Pergama)

Hellenistic to Roman · Attalid / Roman

Pergamon (Pergama) in Izmir Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Roman ancient city attributed to Attalid / Roman culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1457).

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pampa de las Llamas

Classic · Maya/Andean

Pampa de las Llamas — 700 collcas storage city.

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Pikillacta — Wari Planned Citadel Cuzco Basin

Wari (550–1100 CE) Cuzco expansion · Wari

Lucre Pikillacta excavated by McEwan 1990s, only Wari city completed, abandoned 1100.

🇮🇹 Italy · Ancient city

Atlantis Sardinia Plain – Sergio Frau Sardinian Atlantis

Claimed 9600 BCE (Nuragic 1800 BCE) · Nuragic / Plato forced

Frau Campidano 3000×2000 stades claimed Atlantis plain — Nuragic villages not concentric city Recorded context — Period: Claimed 9600 BCE (Nuragic 1800 BCE); Culture: Nuragic / Plato forced; Field…

🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city

Manchan

Classic · Maya/Andean

Manchan — Casma capital 60 ha.

🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient city

Rusadir

Phoenician to Late Antique (7th c. BCE–5th c. CE) · Phoenician / Punic / Roman / Mauri

Punic-Roman cape town beneath Melilla with dye vats and tophet.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Habuba Kabira

Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr (c.3500–3000 BCE) · South Mesopotamian Uruk colonial

Classic Late Uruk colony (c.3500–3000 BCE) on the Euphrates, 18 ha walled town with tripartite temples, administrative t...

🇩🇰 Denmark · Ancient city

Borremose

Borremose is a raised bog in central Himmerland, Denmark south east of the town of Aars. The name translates directly as 'Borre'-bog, where 'Borre' might well be a derivation of the old word burgh…

🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city

Isinda — Lycia Upland City

Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) · Lycian

Isinda — Lycia Upland City in Antalya Province, Turkey is a Lycian Classical (500 BCE–300 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Lycian. Walled Lycian upland city at Belenli pass with rock tombs and agora.

🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city

Raqefet Cave

Late Natufian (c.15000–11800 BCE) · Natufian

Late Natufian burial cave (c.15000–11800 BCE) on Mount Carmel, excavated by Dani Nadel. Dense Natufian cemetery with dec...