🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Mundigak
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–2000 BCE, Helmand Culture) · Helmand / Mundigak–Shahr-i Sokhta
Helmand Culture capital 55 km NW of Kandahar — 75×32 m Bronze Age palace with 10 m sequence.
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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Ohio Valley, United States is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Neolithic to Chalcolithic (c.6000–3200 BCE, type-site 5000 BCE) · Kili Gul Mohammad → Togau → Kechi Beg → Damb Sadaat
Type-site for earliest South Asian farming (5000 BCE) — 15 m high Quetta Valley Neolithic mound.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to EBA II (4900–2300 BCE) · Obed → Late Uruk → EBA Karababa
EBA low mound with Uruk citadel — 4900 BCE to 2300 BCE furnace village.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Ancient city
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (c.4000–2000 BCE, Helmand Culture) · Helmand / Mundigak–Shahr-i Sokhta
Helmand Culture capital 55 km NW of Kandahar — 75×32 m Bronze Age palace with 10 m sequence.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Neolithic to Iron Age (c.7000–700 BCE; peak Israelite Tirzah 1000–800 BCE) · Neolithic → Chalcolithic → EB → Israelite (Tirzah, capital to 800) → Assyrian
Tell el-Farah (North) in Tirzah valley (likely biblical Tirzah, capital of Northern Israel before Samaria) with Neolithic village (Lodian) through EB, Middle Br...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze III – Iron II (to Late Roman) · Amorite/Aramaean – Luwian
Idlib plain fortified tell (2500–550 BCE) with 30-season Japanese excavation sequence.
🇦🇺 Australia · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Axel Heiberg Lost City North in Bonaparte Shelf, Australia is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Colluvial Covered Settlement North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 96 — Turkey Region 12 in Turkey Region 12, Turkey is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient port
Middle Bronze II (1800–1550 BCE) and Late Bronze harbor gate seen 20 ha, Classical Yavne-Yam · Canaanite Bronze harbor of Megiddo (Akko) city
Tel Akko excavated by Dothan, Bronze harbour gate Middle Bronze.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Dune Covered Structure North in Ganga Plain, India is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Volcanic Ash Sealed Village West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian / Neo-Babylonian, c.3100–580 BCE · Sumerian → Akkadian → Babylonian
Twin tells of Kish — Ingharra (Temple Mound) and Uhaimir (Palace Mound) with ziggurats. Tell Uhaimir ziggurat (Ekišiba, Temple of Zababa) 30 × 40 m base, 13 m extant mudbrick massif with plano-convex…
🇷🇴 Romania · Ancient village
Precucuteni III to Cucuteni A3 (5200–4300 BCE) · Precucuteni → Cucuteni–Tripolye A (Cucuteni A)
Cucuteni A ditch-fort 4700 BCE — 20 burnt houses palisaded (Dumitrescu).
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Chalcolithic (2450–700 BCE) Kayatha culture · Kayatha–Ahar–Malwa sequence
Kayatha — Ujjain Chalcolithic Type Site in Madhya Pradesh, India is a Chalcolithic (2450–700 BCE) Kayatha culture tell attributed to Kayatha–Ahar–Malwa sequence.
🇷🇴 Romania · Buried city
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Storage Jar Cache East in Danube Plain, Romania is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇨 Ecuador · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Andean Ecuador, Ecuador is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) · Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader
Tel Yoqne'am — Jokneam in Carmel foothills, Israel is a Early Bronze Age to Crusader (3500 BCE–1260 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Israelite / Crusader.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Adrar Bous Pottery Hill in Western Desert, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNA to Early PPNB (10900–9500 BCE) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic A / Qaramelinian
Qaramel excavated by Mazurowski 1999–, oldest towers in Syria, PPNA round houses with skull cult and lithics older than Jericho.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Susa Acropole Temple Platform in Giza Plateau, Egypt is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Angel Mounds Temple Mound North in Saqqara, Egypt is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) ancient city attributed to Classical culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Period Classical · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture.
