🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient village
Afla Ighir Igoudar
Medieval Amazigh to Modern (13th–20th c CE) · Amazigh (Berber) Tashelhit
Anti-Atlas Amazigh fortified granary (igoudar) citadel Afla Ighir with 12 tower-granaries.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient village
Deir el-Medina Workmen Village Thebes
New Kingdom · 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian
Deir el-Medina Workmen Village Thebes at Thebes, Deir el-Medina, Egypt is a New Kingdom ancient village of the 18th-20th Dynasty Egyptian tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilbeşar (Tell Tilbeshar)
Late Chalcolithic through Byzantine; EBA III–MBA II, Hittite, Neo-Hittite, Assyrian (Iron II) · Euphrates–Islahiye EBA → Neo-Hittite Luwian → Neo-Assyrian provincial
56-m Neo-Assyrian provincial tell (Azâ) with EBA–Iron II fortified town and moat between Sajur and Euphrates.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Ancient village
Sarai Khola
Neolithic Sarai Khola I (4000–3500) → Kot Dijian II (3000–2600 BCE) · Sarai Khola / Kot Diji (Taxila Neolithic)
Neolithic–Early Harappan village and cemetery (c.4000–2500 BCE) in Taxila Valley, Punjab — type-site for Sarai Khola culture (Period I Neolithic with ground stone axes, red-burnished ware; Period II…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mozan (Urkesh) Satellite Mound
Late Chalcolithic to Mitanni (4000 BCE–1300 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic → Ninevite V → Hurrian Akkadian → Mittani (Hurrian Urkesh)
Tell Mozan (Urkesh) Satellite Mound is the 6.2-ha southern suburb 800 m south of Tell Mozan — the Hurrian capital Urkesh, city of Kumarbi at the Taurus piedmont.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement
Chalcolithic Malwa 1600–1300 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Narmada facies — Navdatoli type-site
Navdatoli Narmada Settlement — Malwa Chalcolithic classic site (1600–1300 BCE) on Narmada opposite Maheshwar, excavated 1952–57 by Sankalia–Subbarao (Deccan College–MSU).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Rajasthan Temple South — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-08) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient village of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient village
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman
Chalcolithic to Bronze · Yahya period / Elamite
Tepe Yahya Steatite Workshop Kerman at Kerman, Tepe Yahya, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Bronze ancient village of the Yahya period / Elamite tradition, built c.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Ancient city
Deir el-Ballas
Second Intermediate to New Kingdom (17th–18th Dynasty, 1580–1320 BCE) · Ancient Egyptian (Theban)
Deir el-Ballas is a New Kingdom palace–rampart town opposite Coptos on west bank 2 km desert edge, built early 17th Dynasty (c. 1580 BCE) as military palace for Sekhemre–Wadjitaw?
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension
Early Bronze Age (3200–1950 BCE) · West Anatolian Early Bronze → Hittite scatter
Küllüoba Höyük South Extension exposes the EBA II–III domestic quarter 80 m south of the central burnt compound (Level II).
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Nagda Chambal Settlement
Chalcolithic Kayatha → Malwa 1800–1000 BCE · Malwa Chalcolithic Chambal facies
Nagda Chambal Settlement — Malwa–Late Chalcolithic stratified site (1800–1000 BCE) on Chambal River at Nagda, excavated 1955–56 by N.R. Banerjee and K.V. Soundararajan (ASI).
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39)
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Early Historic (regional) ancient village of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient village
Cueva del Quiotepec and Cerro Quiotepec
Monte Albán Late I - IIIb (500 BCE–800 CE) · Zapotec (Monte Albán state – Cuicatlán colony)
Zapotec military-agricultural outpost (500 BCE–800 CE, fortress phase 300–700 CE) crowning Cerro Quiotepec massif at confluence of Río Santo Domingo and Río Grande forming Río Papaloapan: hilltop…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Grike Havuz Ritual Platform
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze (9500 BCE–2000 BCE) · PPN → Chalcolithic → EBA
Grike Havuz Ritual Platform is the limestone-framed T-pillar pool edge at the karstic Havuz depression in the Karababa basin northeast of Şanlıurfa.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Great Rajasthan Mound Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-42)
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Rajasthan Mound Outer — Rajasthan, Jaipur (54-42) at Rajasthan, Jaipur, India is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · Upper Tigris PPN
Gusir Hoyuk Tigris Upper at Siirt, Upper Tigris, Turkey is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic ancient village of the Upper Tigris PPN tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Shubayqa Natufian Bread Site Azraq
Natufian · Azraq Natufian
Shubayqa Natufian Bread Site Azraq at Azraq Basin, Shubayqa, Jordan is a Natufian ancient village of the Azraq Natufian tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Tuqan Southern Rampart
EB IV to Iron Age (2500 BCE–800 BCE) · EB IV Amorite → Middle Bronze Yamhad → Late Bronze Hittite/Mittani → Iron Age Luwian
Tell Tuqan Southern Rampart is the 12-m-high earthen rampart sealing the 35-ha Middle Bronze walled city 35 km east of Maarrat al-Numan.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor
PPNB to Late Neolithic · PPNB Jordan
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor at Ma'an, Beidha, Jordan is a PPNB to Late Neolithic ancient village of the PPNB Jordan tradition, built c.
🇮🇱 Israel · Ancient village
Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet
Late Natufian · Galilean Natufian
Horvat Galil Late Natufian Hamlet at Upper Galilee, Israel is a Late Natufian ancient village of the Galilean Natufian tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Kharaysin Naviform Village Jordan
PPNA to PPNB · Jordanian Highlands PPN
Kharaysin Naviform Village Jordan at Zarqa, Kharaysin, Jordan is a PPNA to PPNB ancient village of the Jordanian Highlands PPN tradition, built c.
🇪🇸 Spain · Ancient village
Los Millares Fortified Settlement
Chalcolithic · Los Millares culture
Los Millares Fortified Settlement at Andalusia, Almería, Spain is a Chalcolithic ancient village of the Los Millares culture tradition, built c.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Mureybet Mound Euphrates Deep Sequence
Natufian to PPNA · Natufian / PPNA
Mureybet Mound Euphrates Deep Sequence at Middle Euphrates, Raqqa, Syria is a Natufian to PPNA ancient village of the Natufian / PPNA tradition, built c.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Pyramid
Wankarani Mound-Pyramid (Highland Bolivia)
Early Horizon to Early Intermediate (Late Formative) · Wankarani (highland Altiplano)
Altiplano tell-pyramid at Wankarani — 80×60 m artificial village mound 8 m high c.1200–270 BCE at 3950 m, highest Andean mound village before Tiwanaku.