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Mounds made of layer upon layer of settlement.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (c.4000–600 BCE; peak Late Bronze Kadesh kingdom 1500–1200) · Chalcolithic → EB → Mittani → Hittite vassal → Assyrian
Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) on Orontes is the Late Bronze city of the Battle of Kadesh (1274 BCE) — largest chariot battle (Hittite Muwatalli II vs Egyptian Ramesse...
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) · Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village in Gujarat, India is a Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Late 3rd Millennium, c.3000–2200 BCE · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Khabur)
Kleine Antentempel and Steinbau 1 high terrace at Tell Chuera (ancient Harran? c.3000–2200 BCE, Early Dynastic).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) · EB IV
Khirbet Iskander — EB IV in Zarqa Governorate, Wadi Iskander, Jordan is a EB IV (2300–2000 BCE) ancient village attributed to EB IV culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Iron IIB–C (c.700–600 BCE) · Edomite (with Judean/ Arabian influence)
Iron II Edomite open-air shrine (c.700–600 BCE) on a hilltop in the Negev, excavated by Itzhaq Beit-Arieh. Single-phase...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic–Early Bronze Age (c.6000–2200 BCE) · Amuq → Syro-Cilician
North Amik tell 11 m high (Amuq A–G, Halaf–EB continuity) between Alalakh and Zincirli.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Mitanni (2500–1300 BCE) · Hurrian / Mitanni (Khabur Ware)
Khabur tell excavated by Polish-Syrian 1936 and Bieliński 1996–, Khabur Ware pottery hallmark and equid figurines.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Neo-Assyrian (9th c. BCE bilingual: Assyrian/Aramaic) · Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian
Head of Khabur tell excavated by Moortgat 1955–56 and recent Syrian, statue bilingual published 1982.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) · Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware
Tepe Bagh Azari — Urmia Bronze Mound in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) tell attributed to Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Larkana cluster)
Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan (Larkana cluster).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Early Bronze to Crusader; Philistine peak 1170–830 BCE · Philistine (Gath of Goliath)
Tell es-Safi excavated by Maeir 1996–, Philistine inscription Goliath sherd and Hazael siege system.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Uruk to Early Bronze (3400–2400 BCE) · Late Uruk / Early Syrian
Bi'a hinterland mound excavated alongside Tuttul project, yielding Uruk contact ceramics and Early Bronze village phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) · Gandhara
Bala Hisar Kushan Extension — Charsadda East Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
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...
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tell
Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) · Beja–Meroitic
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Beja–Meroitic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.2800–500 BCE) · EB coastal → Middle Bronze Canaanite → Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron
Secondary coastal tell (2800–500 BCE) on Jableh-Baniyas corridor south of Sianu.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
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...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) · Ninevite 5
Tell Arabid — Khabur Ceramic Production Mound in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Ninevite 5.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Middle Bronze to Egyptian New Kingdom (2000–1150 BCE) · Hyksos / Egyptian
Hyksos rampart fortress (15 m thick) besieged 3 years by Ahmose.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Transitional Chalcolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.5300–3400 BCE) · Cheshmeh Ali → Pardis Transitional Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic
Tehran Plain kiln centre (5300 BCE) with 12 two-chamber updraft kilns producing Cheshmeh Ali ware.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Third to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Khabur excavations by Buccellati 1984–, Hurrian royal archives, stone lions and underworld pit abi.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pottery Neolithic (c.6000–5800 BCE; single horizon) · Hassuna-related onager-hunting specialized
Onager-hunting camp (6000 BCE) with painted hunt murals and 4,000 onager bones on Hatra steppe.
