Stratified 7-m Khabur village documenting Mitanni–Assyrian agrarian collapse and recovery; Pfälzner exposed Mitanni granary with barley, then Middle Assyrian canal-side settlement with large storage…

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Tell Shiukh Fawqani South Mound — Middle Euphrates

Late Chalcolithic to Iron Age (3500–600 BCE; peak MBA–Neo-Assyrian) · Uruk → EBA → Middle Assyrian → Neo-Assyrian Aramean (Bit-Adini)

Burmarina Neo-Assyrian tablet town 725 BCE — MBA to cremation cemetery.

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Qatna

Early Bronze to Late Bronze (Amorite Hurrian) · Amorite then Hurrian-Mitanni Egyptian orbit

Mighty Middle Bronze (c.2800–1340 BCE) kingdom city of Qatna controlling eastern Homs basin, with 1 km-square royal palace (largest Bronze Age palace in Syria, 10,000 m²) and intact royal hypogeum…

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Posthole Structure Alignment North

Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age

Posthole Structure Alignment North in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.

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Tell Mastuma

Early Bronze III – Iron II (to Late Roman) · Amorite/Aramaean – Luwian

Idlib plain fortified tell (2500–550 BCE) with 30-season Japanese excavation sequence.

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Deltaic Buried Harbour West

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age

Deltaic Buried Harbour West in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.

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Al-Rawda — Steppe Kite Walled Town

Early Bronze IV (2400–2000 BCE) · Inner Syria EBA

Al-Rawda — Steppe Kite Walled Town in Hama Governorate, Syrian desert steppe, Syria is a Early Bronze IV (2400–2000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Inner Syria EBA culture.

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Tell Kashkashok

Ubaid–Early Jezirah III (c.5000–2300 BCE) · Ubaid → Ninevite-5

Trilogy Kashkashok I–III on Jaghjagh mid-reach: Ubaid hut with Samarra pre-contact, Late Chalcolithic double-temple mound, and ED II dense granaries with Halaf-to-Ninevite transition; Matsutani &…

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Tell Bi'a — Tuttul Palace Terrace

Early Bronze III to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Eblaite / Amorite Mariote

Bi'a excavated by Einwag & Otto 1981–, 2400 BCE Early Dynastic palace with Tuttul/Dagan texts, later Amorite palace of Yasmah-Adad.

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Tell Sianu

Middle Bronze to Iron Age (c.2000–500 BCE; floruit LBA-Iron) · Canaanite / Ugaritic periphery → Phoenician → Neo-Assyrian

Coastal capital of Siyannu kingdom (2000–500 BCE) between Ugarit and Amurru at Jableh.

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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.

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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...

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Terqa (Tell Ashara)

Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) · Amorite–Mitanni

Old Babylonian to Neo-Assyrian (2000–600 BCE) tell of Amorite–Mitanni in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Middle Euphrates (c.2000 BCE).

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Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Southern Extension

Early Bronze Age (2900-1750 BCE) · Mari Culture

Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Southern Extension in Deir ez-Zor, Tell Hariri, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (2900-1750 BCE) ancient city attributed to Mari Culture.

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Tell Mozan Buried Palace Tupkish South Wing

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Tell Mozan Buried Palace Tupkish South Wing in Al-Hasakah, Tell Mozan, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

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Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription in Deir ez-Zor, Dura, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

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Ugarit Royal Palace North Court

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Ugarit Royal Palace North Court in Latakia, Ras Shamra, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

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Tell Atij (Tell ʿAtiq, Atij)

Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze II (3400–2600 BCE; Ninevite 5) · North Mesopotamian Ninevite 5 (Khabur) → EJ 2

Khabur granary acropolis with 200+ beehive silos — Early Bronze dry-farming surplus hub.

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Qatna Royal Tomb AnteChamber

Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Qatna Royal Tomb AnteChamber in Homs, Mishrifeh, Syria is a Bronze Age (3000–1200 BCE) ancient city attributed to Bronze Age.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Dur-Katlimmu

Middle Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (c.1800 BCE–300 CE), peak Assyrian 800–600 BCE · Mitanni → Middle/Neo-Assyrian → Parthian

Lower Khabur Assyrian capital 55 ha (600 tablets, Red House archive, canal) 70 km NE Deir ez-Zor.

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Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) – Orontes Harbour City of the Hittite Battle

Early Bronze to Iron Age (c. 2500 – 1200 BCE) · Amorite / Mitanni / Egyptian / Hittite / Sea Peoples

Orontes ford harbour of Ramses vs Hittites – quay 30 m silted 200 m east of battle tell.

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Qatna (Tell Mishrife) – Royal Palace Harbour on Orontes Canal

Early Bronze to Late Bronze (c. 2500 – 1340 BCE) · Amorite / Yamhad / Mitanni / Hittite

Amorite canal palace city – 120×60 m Royal Palace and harbour canal 80×40 m silted west of palace.

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Tell Hamoukar Battle Site Northeast Syria

Uruk · Uruk / Late Chalcolithic

Tell Hamoukar Battle Site Northeast Syria at Hassakeh, Hamoukar, Syria is a Uruk ancient city of the Uruk / Late Chalcolithic tradition, built c.

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Tell Beydar Field I — Nabada Lower Extensions

Tell Bderi

Tell Shiukh Fawqani South Mound — Middle Euphrates

Qatna

Posthole Structure Alignment North

Tell Mastuma

Deltaic Buried Harbour West

Al-Rawda — Steppe Kite Walled Town

Tell Kashkashok

Tell Bi'a — Tuttul Palace Terrace

Tell Sianu

Tell Mozan — Urkesh Palace and Temple Terrace

Tell Habuba Kabira

Terqa (Tell Ashara)

Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Southern Extension

Tell Mozan Buried Palace Tupkish South Wing

Dura-Europos Synagogue Bench Inscription

Ugarit Royal Palace North Court

Tell Atij (Tell ʿAtiq, Atij)

Qatna Royal Tomb AnteChamber

Dur-Katlimmu

Kadesh (Tell Nebi Mend) – Orontes Harbour City of the Hittite Battle

Qatna (Tell Mishrife) – Royal Palace Harbour on Orontes Canal

Tell Hamoukar Battle Site Northeast Syria

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