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).

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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.

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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 · Temple complex

Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex

Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) · Uruk expansion at Nagar

Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Jamdat Nasr–Early Dynastic (3200–2600 BCE) temple-complex attributed to Uruk expansion at Nagar.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village

Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village

Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) · Mureybetian culture (PPNA type)

Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village in Raďďa Governorate, Syria is a Natufian to PPNB (10200–8200 BCE) ancient-village attributed to Mureybetian culture (PPNA type).

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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.

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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 · Earthwork

Jebel Bishri Kites

Neolithic-Chalcolithic to Early Bronze · Bishri plateau Neolithic to Early Bronze pastoralists

28 limestone kite traps (4700-3600 BCE) on Jebel Bishri escarpment above the Euphrates, with plaster-lined pits later reused.

🇸🇾 Syria · Earthwork

Harraat al-Harra Desert Kites

Neolithic to Chalcolithic, Badia Neolithic · Harra Neolithic hunters

34 basalt kite traps (4800-3200 BCE) on Harraat al-Harra plateau SE of Damascus, northwestern anchor of mega-kite province.

🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex

Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace

Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) · Early Dynastic

Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace in Al-Hasakah, Tell Beydar, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3000-2300 BCE) temple complex attributed to Early Dynastic.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Eastern Outlier

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

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

🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works

Qasr al-Hayr East Canal Extension (Harbaqa Reservoir East Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

Byzantine to Umayyad (580–728 CE) Palmyra steppe · Byzantine–Umayyad steppe palace (Hisham)

East Harbaqa canal 8.2 km rock-cut 2.2×1.4 m with 12 evaporation covers 180 m to Hayr East hayr 2.8 km wall.

🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex

Tell Brak Eye Temple North

Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical

Tell Brak Eye Temple North in Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, Syria is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.

🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex

Palmyra Temple of Bel Cella Foundation

Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical

Palmyra Temple of Bel Cella Foundation in Homs, Palmyra, Syria is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.

🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid

Tell Leilan — Shekhna Mound Khabur

Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2600–1726 BCE) · North Mesopotamian (Akkadian provincial, Old Assyrian)

Tell Leilan — Shekhna Mound Khabur in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle (ancient Shekhna/Shubat-Enlil), Syria is a Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2600–1726 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed…

🇸🇾 Syria · Megalith

Qarassa Dolmen Field and Tell Qarassa North

PPNB to Middle Bronze Age (8700–2000 BCE; dolmens EB I–MB) · PPNB (southern Syria) → Ghassulian → EBA Hauran megalithic

PPNB ritual tell capped by Syria's largest basalt dolmen necropolis (>200 dolmens).

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Habuba Kabira (Ursu?)

Late Uruk (LC5) southern colony · Uruk (southern Mesopotamian)

Uruk planned colonial city (c.3500–3300 BCE, LC5, contemporary with Jemdet Nasr south) on Euphrates terrace — mother colony that proved Uruk expansion: fully gridded 18-ha walled town built ex novo…

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village

El Kowm (Tell El Kowm 2 – Caracol)

PPNB to Halaf (8000–5500 BCE) · Steppe PPNB → Halaf-Ubaid (Palmyrene)

Palmyrene desert oasis PPNB village cluster around artesian spring, desert Neolithisation laboratory.

🇸🇾 Syria · Hydraulic works

Qasr al-Hayr Upper Spring Canal — Palmyra Steppe Upper Bisayta Canal

Umayyad (727 CE Hisham) · Umayyad

Upper spring canal 6 km northeast of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi palace (620 m) feeding into main Gharbi 11-km canal (already in DB as qasr-al-hayr-al-gharbi-canal).

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ahmar — North Palace Buried (Til Barsip, Syria)

Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze

Tell Ahmar — North Palace Buried (Til Barsip, Syria) in Aleppo, Tell Ahmar, Til Barsip, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attribut…

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell ʿAbr 3

Early Neolithic PPNA (c.9600–8800 BCE) · PPNA Euphrates village culture (with Jerf el Ahmar and Tell Qaramel)

PPNA farming village with painted communal building and rye-cultivation proof, drowned by Tishrin Dam.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Aswad

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B · Damascene PPNB (Aswadian)

PPNB mega-village (8700–7500 BCE, ~18 ha at peak) in the Damascus basin/ Ghuta, irrigated by the Barada, considered the place of the earliest fully domesticated emmer wheat and barley in the world.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Halaf — North Palace Annex (Khabur)

Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze

Tell Halaf — North Palace Annex (Khabur) in Al-Hasakah, Ras al-Ayn, Tell Halaf, Syria is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (4500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Ch…

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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 Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex

Mureybet — Euphrates Early Village

Tell Assouad — Balikh Neolithic Settlement

Tell Kashkashok II

Jebel Bishri Kites

Harraat al-Harra Desert Kites

Tell Beydar Temple A Annex Courtyard — Western Terrace

Mari Palace Western Annex Drain — Eastern Outlier

Qasr al-Hayr East Canal Extension (Harbaqa Reservoir East Canal to Palmyra Steppe Palace)

Tell Brak Eye Temple North

Palmyra Temple of Bel Cella Foundation

Tell Leilan — Shekhna Mound Khabur

Qarassa Dolmen Field and Tell Qarassa North

Tell Habuba Kabira (Ursu?)

El Kowm (Tell El Kowm 2 – Caracol)

Qasr al-Hayr Upper Spring Canal — Palmyra Steppe Upper Bisayta Canal

Tell Ahmar — North Palace Buried (Til Barsip, Syria)

Tell ʿAbr 3

Tell Aswad

Tell Halaf — North Palace Annex (Khabur)

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