🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient city
Taparura
Berber-Punic to Byzantine (6th c. BCE–7th c. CE) · Numidian / Punic / Roman
Berber-Punic-Roman civitas beneath Sfax with salting vats and church mosaics.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Bastam (Urartian Rusai-URU.TUR)
Urartian Late (c.685–590 BCE) · Urartian
Largest Urartian fortress (8 ha, 700 m enclosure wall, 3 km circuit) founded by Rusa II (c.685 BC) at Bastam near Qarah...
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Conchopata — Wari Craft Center
Middle Horizon (500–800 CE) · Wari (Huari)
Conchopata — Wari Craft Center in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (500–800 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari (Huari).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Isin
Isin-Larsa to Old Babylonian · Sumerian-Akkadian (Isin dynasty)
Capital of Isin dynasty (2017–1794 BCE) after fall of Ur III, whose kings (Ishbi-Erra, Lipit-Ishtar with famous law code predating Hammurapi by ~150 years) tried to restore Sumerian.
🇪🇷 Eritrea · Ancient city
Matara — Eritrea–Tigray Aksumite Town
Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite (500 BCE–600 CE) · Aksumite
Matara — Eritrea–Tigray Aksumite Town in Debub Region, Eritrea is a Pre-Aksumite to Aksumite (500 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Aksumite.
🇬🇷 Greece · Temple complex
Knossos Palace
Minoan Neopalatial 1700–1450 BCE, origin 1900 BCE Old Palace · Minoan civilization
Minoan palatial maze of 1300 rooms - Labyrinth origin and Europe's first advanced palace.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chuera — Steinbau Quarter
Early Bronze Age (3200–2200 BCE) · Early Jazira
Tell Chuera — Steinbau Quarter in Raqqa Governorate, Wadi Hamar, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3200–2200 BCE) tell attributed to Early Jazira culture.
🇹🇷 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Ancient city
Wari Capital Core — Ayacucho Enclosure
Middle Horizon (500–1000 CE) · Wari Empire
Wari Capital Core — Ayacucho Enclosure in Ayacucho Region, Peru is a Middle Horizon (500–1000 CE) ancient-city attributed to Wari Empire.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Numeira — Dead Sea Plain
Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) · EBA
Numeira — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze III (2700–2300 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Burna
EB to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE; peak Canaanite–Philistine 1600–600) · Canaanite → Philistine? → Judah (Shephelah)
Tel Burna is Shephelah unfortified town (maybe Libnah?) excavated by Itzhaq Shai/Ariel University since 2009; LB courtyard palace, Iron Judahite silos and culti...
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Lachish — Shefela
Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) · Canaanite/Judahite
Tel Lachish — Shefela in Southern District, Shefela, Israel is a Bronze to Iron Age (1800–586 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Judahite culture.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Ancient city
Tumbatu Ruins — Zanzibar North
Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) · Swahili
Tumbatu Ruins — Zanzibar North in Zanzibar Island, Tanzania is a Swahili (12th–14th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili. Island town abandoned abruptly mid-14th c.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Fishbourne Roman Palace
Roman (75–270 CE) · Romano-British (Atrebates)
Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex, South Coast, United Kingdom is a Roman (75–270 CE) temple complex attributed to Romano-British (Atrebates) culture.
🇮🇷 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...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates
Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) · EBA Syrian
Tell es-Sweyhat — Euphrates in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates, Syria is a Early Bronze Age (3100–1900 BCE) tell attributed to EBA Syrian culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Aidhab — Red Sea Desert Port
Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) · Beja–Islamic port
Aidhab — Red Sea Desert Port in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Fatimid to Mamluk (10th–15th c CE) ancient-city attributed to Beja–Islamic port.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Ancient city
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter
Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE) · Namazga V – Altyn Depe
Altyn Depe — South Craft Quarter in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan is a Bronze Age BMAC (3200–2000 BCE) ancient-city attributed to Namazga V – Altyn Depe.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street
Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) · Roman Cilician
Anemurium — Lower City Tombs Street in Mersin Province, Turkey is a Roman to Byzantine (100–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Roman Cilician.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient city
Taxila
Gandhara 6th c BCE–5th c CE (Achaemenid to late Kushan) · Gandharan / multi-empire (Persian, Greek, Buddhist)
Palimpsest city spanning Gandhara civilization 6th c BCE–5th c CE with three successive cities (Bhir Mound, Sirkap, Sirsukh) and Buddhist monastery complex Dharmarajika.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex
Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) · Hellenistic (Tralles)
Tralleis — Aydın Terrace City West Annex in Aydın Province, Turkey is a Hellenistic to Byzantine (300 BCE–1200 CE) ancient-city attributed to Hellenistic (Tralles).
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient city
Mampsis — Mamshit Eastern Quarter
Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) · Nabataean
Mampsis — Mamshit Eastern Quarter in Southern District, Israel is a Nabataean to Byzantine (100 BCE–600 CE) ancient-city attributed to Nabataean.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Ancient city
Mnarani Ruins — Kilifi Creek
Swahili (13th–17th c. CE) · Swahili (Shirazi)
Mnarani Ruins — Kilifi Creek in Kilifi County, Kenya is a Swahili (13th–17th c. CE) ancient-city attributed to Swahili (Shirazi).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev
Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) · Israelite (Judah)
Tel Beersheba — Biblical Negev in Southern District, Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200–700 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite (Judah) culture.