Nimrud (Kalhu) – Neo-Assyrian capital canalization by Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE): Upper Zab canal (7m wide) cutting conglomerate ridge with 10m tunnel (Negub Tunnel) and Khinu/Mejira dam…

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Bad-tibira

Ubaid to Ur III (c.5000–2000 BCE; Sumerian King List antediluvian) · Ubaid → Uruk → Sumerian antediluvian → Ur III

Bad-tibira (Tell al-Madineh) is counted in Sumerian King List as the second antediluvian city (before Shuruppak), ruled by mythical Dumuzi. Surface 50-ha mound...

🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid

Ziggurat of Assur (Qal'at Sherqat)

Old Akkadian to Middle Assyrian, c.2600–1200 BCE · Assyrian

Ziggurat of Assur at Qal'at Sherqat — holy city of Ashur, earliest Assyrian capital (c.2600–614 BCE, core Old Akkadian/Ur III, restored Shamshi-Adad I, Shalmaneser I).

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village

Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture · Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan)

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture tell attributed to Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan).

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Harmal

Old Babylonian (c.2000–1750 BCE; peak c.1800 BCE) · Isin-Larsa → Old Babylonian (Amorite-Eshnunna)

Best-preserved Old Babylonian planned town (2.25 ha, 150×150 m orthogonal walled) with twin temples (Šara, Bēlet-Agade), admin complex (3000 tablets including a...

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Pavement South

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age

Pavement South in Tigris Plain, Iraq is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village

Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village

Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) · Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery)

Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village in Dohuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Nemrikian (Pre-Pottery).

🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave

Shanidar Cave

Middle Palaeolithic to Neolithic (c.80,000–9000 BP; Neanderthal Layer D c.70–50 ka) · Mousterian Neanderthal → Baradostian → Zarzian → Neolithic

Zagros Neanderthal cave (80 ka) with nine burials including 'flower burial' Shanidar 4.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave

Hazar Merd Cave — Sulaymaniyah

Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic · Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian

Hazar Merd Cave — Sulaymaniyah in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic type-site Zarzian.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Isin

Isin-Larsa to Old Babylonian · Sumerian-Akkadian (Isin dynasty)

Capital of Isin dynasty (2017–1794 BCE) after fall of Ur III, whose kings (Ishbi-Erra, Lipit-Ishtar with famous law code predating Hammurapi by ~150 years) tried to restore Sumerian.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Cave

Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge

Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group)

Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge in Erbil Governorate, Iraq is a Middle Paleolithic to Neolithic (80000–7000 BCE) cave attributed to Zagros Paleolithic (Hazar Merd group).

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village

Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village

Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) · Halaf culture

Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Halaf–Hassuna (6000–5300 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Halaf culture.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village

Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) · Samarra culture

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village in Saladin Governorate, Tigris, Iraq is a Samarra (6200–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Samarra culture culture.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound

Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid

Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Eridu hinterland, Iraq is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Bestansur

Early Neolithic (c.8000–7100 BCE; Bestansur horizon) · Pre-Pottery Neolithic B → Pottery Neolithic Shahrizor

Shahrizor PPNB town (8000–7100 BCE) with courtyard houses and plaster floors SE of Sulaymaniyah.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village

Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village

Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) · Jarmo-related

Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Jarmo-related.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Basmusian

Samarran to Halaf (c.6200–5000 BCE) · Samarran → Hassuna–Halaf (Basmusian)

Dokan Samarran-Hassuna village (6200–5000 BCE) on Dokan southeast plain.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Muṣaṣir (Mudjesir)

Iron Age (1000–714 BCE) · Hurro-Urartian

Iron Age (1000–714 BCE) ancient-city of Hurro-Urartian in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Sidekan (c.1000 BCE).

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation

Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–EBA

Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation in Muthanna, Uruk, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (4500–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Chalcolithic–EBA.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5 in Kirkuk, Yorghan Tepe, Iraq is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) – Sumerian Temple Harbour on Iturungal

Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (c. 2900 – 2000 BCE) · Sumerian / Lagash-Umma / Ur III / Isin-Larsa

Inanna's canal port on Lagash–Umma waterway – Iturungal harbour revetment 40 m at –2 m.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana)

EBA-MBA-LBA (c.3500-1200 BCE) · Euphrates EBA to Old Babylonian/Mitannian

Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana) — buried eba-mba-lba tell/village at Nineveh Governorate.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38)

Medieval (regional) · Medieval

Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38) at Eridu, Iraq is a Medieval (regional) tell of the Medieval tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.

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Kukulkan El Castillo Annex

Bad-tibira

Ziggurat of Assur (Qal'at Sherqat)

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village

Tell Harmal

Pavement South

Nemrik 9 — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Village

Shanidar Cave

Hazar Merd Cave — Sulaymaniyah

Isin

Peri Ali Beg Cave — Rawanduz Gorge

Shahrud Khajeh? Actually Yarim Tepe II — Nineveh Region Halaf Village

Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Village

Tell al-Ubaid — Ubaid Type Mound

Bestansur

Matarrah — Jarmo Hinterland Village

Tell Basmusian

Muṣaṣir (Mudjesir)

Uruk Buried Eanna Precinct Limestone Temple Foundation

Nuzi Palace Archive Room 5

Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) – Sumerian Temple Harbour on Iturungal

Tell al-Rimah (Qattara/Karana)

Northern Eridu Citadel Central — Eridu (53-38)

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