Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur (ancient Nabada), Syria is a Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Dynastic…

🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid

Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple

Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) · Hurrian (Urkesh)

Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Syria is a Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) pyramid/mound site attributed…

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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 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.

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Ziggurat of Tell Brak (Nagar) — Eye Temple Platform

Late Chalcolithic (Uruk Expansion) · Uruk-influenced North Mesopotamian (Nagar)

Late Chalcolithic Eye Temple platform at Tell Brak (Nagar) c.3800 BCE: 40×30 m earliest monumental terrace with alabaster eye idols — millennium precursor to ziggurat.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Jebel Aruda

Late Uruk (LC5) · Uruk colony cult centre

Uruk hill-citadel (c.3500–3300 BCE) perched 160 m above Euphrates on limestone jebel opposite Habuba — sacred twin controlling Uruk colony from above.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Tell Nebi Mend

Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · Amorite → Hittite–Egyptian frontier → Iron Age Aramaean

Qadesh/Kadesh Orontes city 33 ha (1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh battlefield, double walls) SW of Homs.

🇸🇾 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).

🇸🇾 Syria · Temple complex

Tell Khuera Anta Temple

Early Bronze · Syrian Early Bronze

Tell Khuera Anta Temple at Hassakeh, Tell Khuera, Syria is a Early Bronze temple complex of the Syrian Early Bronze tradition, built c. 2700 BCE for anta temple with basalt orthostat facade.

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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 · Ancient city

Northern Aleppo Citadel Inner — Aleppo (53-32)

Classical (regional) · Classical

Northern Aleppo Citadel Inner — Aleppo (53-32) at Aleppo, Syria is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.

🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city

Royal Aleppo Fortress South — Aleppo (53-25)

Classical (regional) · Classical

Royal Aleppo Fortress South — Aleppo (53-25) at Aleppo, Syria is a Classical (regional) ancient city of the Classical tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.

🇸🇾 Syria · Buried city

Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South

Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) · Bronze Age

Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South in Idlib, Tell Mardikh, Syria is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to B…

🇸🇾 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 Fecheriye

Middle Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.2000–600 BCE; bilingual 850 BCE) · Old Babylonian → Mittani (Washukanni?) → Middle Assyrian → Aramaean → Neo-Assyrian

Tell Fecheriye (ancient Sikan/Sikani) is 90-ha dual-mound south of Halaf on Khabur source, famed for 1979 Hadad-yithʻi bilingual statue — life-size basalt with...

🇸🇾 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 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.

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Jebel Druze (Jabal al-Arab) Kite Field

Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah

Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple

Tell Afis (Afis)

Tell Halula Euphrates Neolithic

Ziggurat of Tell Brak (Nagar) — Eye Temple Platform

Jebel Aruda

Tell Nebi Mend

Tell Ahmar

Tell Khuera Anta Temple

Tell Ramad

Northern Aleppo Citadel Inner — Aleppo (53-32)

Royal Aleppo Fortress South — Aleppo (53-25)

Tell Mardikh (Ebla) — Lower Town Buried Sector South

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 Fecheriye

Tell Khuera — Südstadt (South Town)

Tell Halaf Extension — Guzana Outer Town Annex

Tell Leilan — Shubat-Enlil Eastern Palace

Tell Brak Nanna Temple — Eye Temple Annex

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