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Shell scraper from Ksar Akil

K. Douka · 2011 · J Archaeol. Sci.

Ksar Akil

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2011Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Emar — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Emar (Akkadian: 𒂍𒈥, É-mar), is an archaeological site at Tell Meskene in the Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.

Emar

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Hammeren Granit — Bornholm Northern Tip 74 m Fortress Østersø

Bornholm History · 2024 · Bornholm

Hammershus

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Karkemish — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Carchemish ( KAR-kəm-ish or kar-KEE-mish), also spelled Karkemish (Turkish: Karkamış), was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria.

Karkemish

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Melid — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Arslantepe, also known as Melid, was an ancient city on the Tohma River, a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains.

Melid

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Norsuntepe — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia Foundation

Norşuntepe is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in Elazığ Province (Turkey). The site was occupied between the Chalcolithic and Iron Age and is now partially submerged by Lake Keban.

Norsuntepe

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Bookarchaeopress.com

Carchemish: the town and the tell

T. Harrison, N. Marchetti · 2019 · Archaeopress

Recent excavations synthesis

Karkemish

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2019Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Tell Qarassa North: PPNB megasite in Leja

J. J. Ibáñez, F. Balbo · 2016 · Antiquity

PPNB architecture and dates

Tell Qarassa North

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2016Open source

Websitelatvijas-pilskalni.lv

Asote Hillfort — Jēkabpils Daugava 56°27′00″N 25°52′48″E

Latvian Archaeology · 2024 · Latvia Univ

56.45N 25.88E 10th–13th c

Asote

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Borrehaugene 59°22′48″N 10°28′12″E Borre Mound Cemetery Horten

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Borre mound cemetery (Norwegian: Borrehaugene from the Old Norse words borró and haugr meaning mound) forms part of the Borre National Park at Horten in Vestfold, Norway.

Borre

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Bulverket MapCarta Lake Tingstäde 57.736,18.642 Gotland

MapCarta · 2024 · MapCarta

Bulverket

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Bulverket — Wikipedia Lake Tingstäde Tingstäde Träsk 57°44′N 18°38′E 1132

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

The Bulverket is the remnants of a large wooden fortification or bulwark at Lake Tingstäde on the island of Gotland, Sweden.

Bulverket

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Danevirke — Wikipedia 54°28′12″N 09°22′48″E 30 km Wall Godfred 808 UNESCO 1553

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

The Danevirke or Danework (modern Danish spelling: Dannevirke; in Old Norse: Danavirki, in German: Danewerk, literally meaning earthwork of the Danes) is a system of Danish fortifications in…

Danevirke

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Grobiņa — Seeburg Vita Ansgarii 863 Ālande 56°32′13″N 21°09′58″E

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Grobiņa (; German: Grobin) is a town and the administrative centre of South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja.