🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Membressa (Medjez el-Bab)
Punic to Modern (3rd c. BCE–present; bridge Roman) · Numidian / Roman-Christian
Medjerda bridge town with 8-arch Roman bridge still in use.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Sullecthum (Salakta)
Punic to Late Antique (5th c. BCE–7th c. CE; peak 2nd–4th c. CE) · Punic / Roman (Byzacena)
Punic-Roman harbour colonia on Salakta peninsula with catacombs and oil port.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Chandraketugarh
Early Historic 400 BCE–12th c · Gangetic NBPW → Sunga–Satavahana → Gupta–Pala
Chandraketugarh — Early Historic port-city of Gangaridai (400 BCE–12th c CE) on Bidyadhari 35 km NE Kolkata, excavated 1957–68 Asok Datta. Ptolemy's Gange candidate, Wari western partner.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Antipyrgos (Tobruk / Tubruq)
Greek / Roman / Byzantine · Greek / Roman
Natural rock-harbour of Marmarica, fortress-emporion of Cyrene facing Egypt, later Justinianic fort guarding Via Maris. Classical mole at -1.5 m visible snorkelling; WWII overlays.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Edfu Pyramid South — Khuzestan — edfu-pyramid
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Edfu Pyramid South in Khuzestan, Iran is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) ancient city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Pashash — Recuay Capital
Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE) · Recuay (Pashash)
Pashash — Recuay Capital in Ancash Region, Peru is a Early Intermediate (400 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Recuay (Pashash).
🇸🇾 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.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Tell el-Ajjul — Gaza
Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4000 BCE–600 CE) · Canaanite / Egyptian / Philistine
Tell el-Ajjul — Gaza in Gaza Strip, Palestine is a Chalcolithic to Byzantine (4000 BCE–600 CE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Egyptian / Philistine.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Vilcabamba — Espíritu Pampa (Last Capital of the Inca)
Wari → Inca → Neo-Inca 1200–1572 CE · Neo-Inca (Manco Inca)
Last Neo-Inca capital 1536–1572, 12 ha jungle city.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Gonur North Extension — Margiana
Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) Gonur (2400–1600 BCE) · Oxus civilization (BMAC)
Gonur North Extension — Margiana in Mary Province, Turkmenistan is a Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) Gonur (2400–1600 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Oxus civilization (BMAC).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential
Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) · Sumerian
Ur — Tell Muqayyar Diqdiqqah Residential in Dhi Qar Governorate, Euphrates, Iraq is a Ubaid to Neo-Babylonian (4000–500 BCE) ancient city attributed to Sumerian culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Ain Mallaha (Eynan)
Late Natufian (c.12000–9600 BCE) · Natufian
Natufian open-air hamlet (c.12000–9600 BCE) at the Hula lake edge, excavated by Jean Perrot. Over 50 round semi-subterra...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora
Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) · Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos)
Elaiussa Sebaste — Archaic Port and Agora in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (170 BCE–500 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic then Roman (Archelaos).
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Suakin — Coral Port City
Medieval to Ottoman (12th–20th c CE) · Beja–Ottoman Swahili-type coral city
Suakin — Coral Port City in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Medieval to Ottoman (12th–20th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Beja–Ottoman Swahili-type coral city.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Seressi (Henchir Oum el-Abouab)
Roman (1st c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Municipium on Fahs plain with forum, amphitheatre earthwork and aqueduct feeder.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Gesher Benot Ya‘aqov
Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean (c.780 ka) · Acheulean Homo erectus/heidelbergensis
Acheulean lakeside camp (c.780,000 BCE) on the paleo-Hula shore, earliest habitations with controlled fire. Excavated by...
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Abila of the Decapolis — Quweilbeh
Hellenistic to Umayyad (300 BCE–750 CE) · Seleucid / Roman Decapolis
Abila of the Decapolis — Quweilbeh in North Jordan, Jordan is a Hellenistic to Umayyad (300 BCE–750 CE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid / Roman Decapolis.
🇱🇾 Libya · Ancient city
Boreum (Buerat / Bū Grādah) – Syrtic Frontier
Roman / Byzantine · Roman
Customs fort marking Tripolitania–Cyrenaica boundary at Syrtis Major where road hugged sea past Arae Philaenorum. Fortlet with bath and cisterns praised by Sallust.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Kurban — Euphrates
Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) · Ubaid-Uruk
Tell Kurban — Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province, Euphrates rescue, Turkey is a Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid-Uruk culture.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Chacmultún Archaeological Zone
Maya Classic–Postclassic 300 BCE–1500 CE · Maya (Puuc–Chenés)
Red hill palaces 44 m portico, hematite, Puuc-Toltec 600–1000 CE.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Sagzabad
Late Bronze to Iron II (c.1400–800 BCE) · Central Plateau Iron Age (grey ware → red ware) → Median precursor
Iron Age I–II fortified town (12 ha, 12 m high) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by E.O. Negahban. Early Iron (c.1400–900...
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Gezer — Shefela
Canaanite to Iron Age (3500–500 BCE) · Canaanite
Tel Gezer — Shefela in Central District, Shefela, Israel is a Canaanite to Iron Age (3500–500 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite culture.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Cillium (Kasserine)
Roman Imperial (Flavian–Byzantine, 1st–7th c. CE) · Roman (Africa Proconsularis)
Roman colonia with Flavius mausoleum, Severan arch and 2nd-c. dam.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill
Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) · Seleucid Hellenistic
Nysa — Gymnasium Annex Hill in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic (300 BCE–30 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Seleucid Hellenistic.