Tell Banat White Monument South is the southern suburb below the White Monument — a 20-m-high stepped earthen mortuary mound (100 m diam) south of Tell Banat cluster on the Euphrates.

🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid

Mari — Tell Hariri Ziggurat and Palace Mound

Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2900–1759 BCE) · Sumerian, Amorite

Legendary Euphrates emporium at Tell Hariri, 120 km south-east of Deir ez-Zor, capital of Amorite kingdom under Yahdun-Lim and Zimri-Lim, sacked by Hammurabi 1761 BCE, freezing palace archive of…

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Afis (Afis)

Chalcolithic through Iron III; EB-MBA peak · Syrian EBA → Amorite → Mitanni/Hittite → Aramaean Luash

Idlib tell (26 ha) with Neolithic–Iron III sequence, MBA walls and Iron Temple of the Luash dynasty — findspot of Zakkur Stele, Hittite-period storage horizon.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Halaf (Guzana)

Halaf Late Neolithic (Ubaid predecessor) to Iron Age Neo-Hittite Aramaean · Halaf painted ware → Aramaean Syro-Hittite (Kapara, Bit Bahiani)

Double-significance mound: type-site of Halaf culture Late Neolithic mass-produced painted pottery (c.6100–5400 BCE) that spread from Zagros to Mediterranean — defined 1911 by Oppenheim/ Schmidt; and…

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village

Tell Halula Euphrates Neolithic

PPNB to Pottery Neolithic · Middle Euphrates PPNB

Tell Halula Euphrates Neolithic at Middle Euphrates, Aleppo, Syria is a PPNB to Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Middle Euphrates PPNB tradition, built c.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Ahmar

Middle Bronze Age to Roman (c.1800 BCE–200 CE), peak Iron Age–Assyrian · Hittite → Neo-Hittite Luwian → Neo-Assyrian

Euphrates terrace city 35 ha (Hittite Masuwari → Assyrian Til Barsip, D-shaped walls, Hypogeum).

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Tell Ramad

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (c.8200–7000 BCE) · PPNB (Damascus basin)

Anti-Lebanon PPNB village (c.8200–7000 BCE, plastered skulls, lime statues) 20 km SW Damascus.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Western Aleppo Necropolis A — Aleppo (53-22)

Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age

Western Aleppo Necropolis A — Aleppo (53-22) at Aleppo, Syria is a Iron Age (regional) tell of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for necropolis and associated settlement.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Qaramel

Pre-Pottery Neolithic A to early PPNB · Levantine PPNA/PPNB (Qaramelian)

Pre-Pottery Neolithic tell (c.12,000–10,000 BP / 10th–8th millennium BCE) 25 km north of Aleppo on the Quweiq River, with five circular tower-sanctuaries (up to 7.5 m diameter) and cult structures…

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Umm al-Marra

Early Bronze Age III–IV (c.2700–2000 BCE) · Syrian EBA (Ebla–Marra corridor)

Jabbul EB walled town 20 ha (c.2700–2000 BCE, shaft tombs with equid teams, gold jewellery).

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Taban (Ṭābetu)

Old Babylonian–Mittani (1900–1350 BCE) – Tabetu · Hurrian–Mittani

Old Babylonian–Mittani (1900–1350 BCE) – Tabetu Hurrian–Mittani tell at Al-Hasakah Governorate, Lower Khabur – city-state tabetu on khabur with cuneiform archive (dims 23 ha city with southern palace archive mound).

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Brak (Nagar) (Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle)

Chalcolithic to Mitanni-Akkadian to Late Bronze · North Mesopotamian (Uruk → Akkadian → Hurrian)

Huge early city ('city without a state' per Oates) occupied 6000 BCE–1300 CE, peaking as Nagar kingdom (2600–2200 BCE) with Mitanni palace (1500 BCE) and Akkadian Naram-Sin palace.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Baiqa

Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) · EB South Levantine (Ghouta)

Early Bronze (3000–2200 BCE) EB South Levantine (Ghouta) tell at Damascus Basin, Ghouta fringe – eb walled town on damascus oasis fringe (dims Mound 8 ha, wall 8 m thick).

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Khuera — Südstadt (South Town)

EBA to Late Roman (3100 BCE–400 CE; peak EBA 2700 BCE) · EBA Jazira (Khabur zone) → Amorite → Roman

EBA rounded-town south annex 2700 BCE — palace F quarter and Roman overlay.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex

Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana · Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana)

Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Neolithic–Iron Age (6000–600 BCE) Halaf→Aramaean Guzana tell attributed to Halaf culture then Aram (Guzana).

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8200–7000 BCE) · PPNB–Ramad culture

Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village in Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8200–7000 BCE) tell attributed to PPNB–Ramad culture.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace

Akkadian to Old Babylonian (2600–1728 BCE) · Akkadian/Assyrian

Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle, Syria is a Akkadian to Old Babylonian (2600–1728 BCE) tell attributed to Akkadian/Assyrian culture.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Aswad — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Skull Building

PPNB (8700–7500 BCE) · PPNB (Aswadian)

Damascus oasis village excavated by de Contenson 1960s–2008, oldest plastered skulls with wheat/barley and domestication evidence.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace

Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE) · Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)

Chuera excavated by Moortgat 1958–76 and Meyer, rare stone temple on tell, double wall with gates, early palace.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Assouad — Balikh Neolithic Settlement

PPNB–Halaf Transitional (6300–5500 BCE) · Balikh Halaf

Tell Assouad — Balikh Neolithic Settlement in Raqqa Governorate, Syria is a PPNB–Halaf Transitional (6300–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Balikh Halaf.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell

Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Early Bronze Euphrates

Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell in Aleppo Governorate, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Early Bronze Euphrates.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Kashkashok II

Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra → Halaf → Ubaid

Small Neolithic tell in the Upper Khabur near the Wadi Jaghjagh, excavated by Takuya Matsutani. Stratified Proto-Hassuna...

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge

Early Bronze III through Hellenistic (EB, MBA, LB, Phoenician, Iron Greek) · Coastal Syrian → Ugaritic → Phoenician → Greek colonial

Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Latakia Governorate, Jableh District, Mediterranean coast, Syria — Northern Phoenician harbour tell —…

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Mari Palace Room 132 Archives

Tell Banat White Monument South

Mari — Tell Hariri Ziggurat and Palace Mound

Tell Afis (Afis)

Tell Halaf (Guzana)

Tell Halula Euphrates Neolithic

Tell Ahmar

Tell Ramad

Western Aleppo Necropolis A — Aleppo (53-22)

Tell Qaramel

Tell Umm al-Marra

Tell Taban (Ṭābetu)

Tell Brak (Nagar) (Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle)

Tell Baiqa

Tell Khuera — Südstadt (South Town)

Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex

Tell Ramad — Damascus Basin Neolithic Village

Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace

Tell Aswad — Pre-Pottery Neolithic Skull Building

Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace

Tell Assouad — Balikh Neolithic Settlement

Abe Naharayim — Euphrates Ford Tell

Tell Kashkashok II

Tell Sukas (Sukas / Shuksi) — Phoenician Harbour Ridge

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