🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Granary Pit Group South — Euphrates Valley (Raqqa)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Granary Pit Group South in Euphrates Valley, Syria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Earthwork
Small Step Pyramid East — Meroe (Meroe)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Small Step Pyramid East in Meroe, Sudan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North — Xi'an Plain (Xi'an)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Jebel Barkal Pyramid North in Xi'an Plain, China is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Medieval culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Paleosol Buried Soil South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Local Neolithic
Paleosol Buried Soil South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Local Neolithic culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Cemetery Extramural South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Medieval
Cemetery Extramural South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Kaminaljuyu
Classic · Maya/Andean
Kaminaljuyu — 200 mounds under Guatemala City.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Workshop Debris East — Jordan Valley — workshop-deb
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Workshop Debris East in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Earthwork
Harrah Kite Chain South — Lapland (Jokkmokk)
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Harrah Kite Chain South in Lapland, Sweden is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) earthwork attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Silo Group South
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical
Silo Group South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Bandurria Norte
Late Preceramic Norte Chico Bandurria 4000–2000 BCE (3500 BCE main) · Norte Chico (Bandurria, Preceramic)
Northern mound at Bandurria 4 km south of Huacho on Huaura coastal plain: flat-topped platform 12 m high 90×70 m with sunken circular plaza 15 m diameter on summit, contemporaneous with Caral-Supe.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pavement South
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Pavement South in Tigris Plain, Iraq is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tal-i Iblis — Kerman Copper Workshop Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (5000–2500 BCE) · Kerman Chalcolithic (Iblis)
Tal-i Iblis — Kerman Copper Workshop Tell in Kerman Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (5000–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Kerman Chalcolithic (Iblis).
🇵🇪 Peru · Pyramid
Pampa Grande — Huaca Fortaleza
Moche Late (Moche V), c.550–750 CE · Moche (Late Moche Pampa Grande)
Huaca Fortaleza at Pampa Grande — Late Moche capital pyramid (c.550–750 CE), 290 × 250 m base, 38 m high, largest Moche V pyramid's administrative palace.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Semthan — Kashmir Early Historic Mound
Neolithic to Early Historic (1500 BCE–500 CE) · Kashmir Neolithic–Saka
Semthan — Kashmir Early Historic Mound in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic to Early Historic (1500 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Kashmir Neolithic–Saka.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
İmikuşağı
Chalcolithic to Medieval (peak EB III–Urartian) · Ubaid → Kura-Araxes → EBA Keban → Urartian → Medieval
Keban Dam salvage tell on the Euphrates (Karasu) near Baskil, excavated 1970s by Veli Sevin. Famed for EB III royal cist...
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Mozan — Temple BA Terrace (Ancient Urkesh)
Mid 3rd to 2nd Millennium, c.2500–1350 BCE · Hurrian (Urkesh), Mitanni
Temple BA terraced mound at Tell Mozan, ancient Urkesh (Hurrian capital, c.2500–1300 BCE). Buccellati & Kelly-Buccellati 1984-onwards excavated 135-ha city wall, Temple BA high terrace 20 m high with…
🇮🇷 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...
🇮🇶 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.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Tintal — Mano de León Pyramid
Maya Late Preclassic, c.400 BCE–150 CE · Maya (Preclassic Mirador Basin)
Mano de León pyramid at El Tintal (c.400 BCE–150 CE Preclassic) — 30 m high, 50 m base stepped pyramid second to El Tintal's Catzin structure (39 m).
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Owl Creek Mounds
Late Woodland to Mississippian 800–1200 CE · Late Woodland to Mississippian (Miller to Mississippian transition)
Five platform mounds (6–12 ft high) enclosing rectangular plaza 100×60 m at Owl Creek, Natchez Trace MP 243.
🇮🇱 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...
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tell
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound
Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak · Mundigak–Helmand
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak tell attributed to Mundigak–Helmand.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Zagheh
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (c.6000–4300 BCE) · Qazvin Plain Chalcolithic → Sialk I–II related
Chalcolithic painted-ware village (4 ha) on the Qazvin plain, excavated by Negahban and Malek Shahmirzadi. Late Neolithi...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell Arqa
Neolithic to Crusader (c.6000 BCE–1300 CE; peak EB–Iron) · Halaf → EBA Levantine → Amorite → Egyptian–Canaanite → Phoenician → Crusader
Coastal plain tell near the Akkar river, French-Lebanese excavations by Jean-Paul Thalmann since 1978. Continuous Neolit...