🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
El-Kurru Pyramid Ku.1 (King Piye / Piankhy)
Napatan founding, c.750 BCE · Kushite Napatan
Founder's pyramid Ku.1 at El-Kurru for King Piye/Piankhy (c.747–716 BCE, founder of 25th Dynasty who conquered Egypt).
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet
Old Kingdom, 3rd Dynasty, c.2645 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Unfinished step pyramid of Sekhemkhet (c.2645 BCE, 3rd Dynasty), southwest of Djoser. Henri Zakaria Goneim 1951-54 excavated alabaster sarcophagus (empty) and gold armlets.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroë North Cemetery — Pyramid Beg. N.9 (King Tabirqo)
Meroitic Kingdom, c.180–170 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)
Royal pyramid Beg. N.9 in North Cemetery of Meroë belonging to King Tabirqo (Adikhalamani Tabirqo, c.180–170 BCE).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Pyramid
El Mirador — Tigre Pyramid (Structure 4D3-1)
Maya Late Preclassic, c.300 BCE–150 CE (peak 100 BCE) · Maya (Preclassic Mirador)
Tigre Pyramid at El Mirador (c.300 BCE–150 CE, Middle Preclassic to Late Preclassic colossus) — 55 m high, base 145 × 145 m, 18 m high temple atop, part of Tigre complex south of La Danta.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepebağ Mound — Adana
Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana · Kizzuwatna / Cilician
Tepebağ Mound — Adana in Adana Province, Turkey is a Neolithic to Ottoman (6000 BCE–1500 CE) continuous Adana tell attributed to Kizzuwatna / Cilician.
🇺🇸 United States · Earthwork
Pharr Mounds
Middle Woodland Miller culture contemporary with Hopewell 1–400 CE · Miller (Hopewell-influenced eastern Woodland); Hopewell
Eight low dome mounds (2–6 ft high) at Natchez Trace Milepost 286.7, best-preserved Middle Woodland mound group in northeast Mississippi.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Satellite (Cult) Pyramid of Pepi I
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, Pepi I, c.2332 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Small cult (ka) pyramid SE of Pepi I main pyramid (c.2332 BCE, 6th Dynasty). 15.7 m base, 15.7 m high, 63° slope, smooth limestone casing over limestone rubble.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Pyramid
Meroë North Cemetery — Pyramid Beg. N.19 (King Nasakhma)
Meroitic, early, c.300–250 BCE · Kushite (Meroitic)
North Cemetery pyramid Beg. N.19 for King Nasakhma (c.300–250 BCE), elderly ruler, 16.8 m base, steep sandstone pyramid. Reisner Harvard-Boston 1921 cleared chapel with offering table looted.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Dhra‘ (Wadi Dhra‘)
PPNA (c.9300–8600 BCE) · Sultaniyean PPNA
PPNA village (c.9300–8600 BCE) on the Lisan Peninsula at -200 m beside the Dead Sea, excavated by Bill Finlayson. Rectan...
🇪🇬 Egypt · Pyramid
Pyramid of Queen Mehaa
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2330 BCE · Ancient Egyptian
Western queens row pyramid west of Pepi I, belonging to Mehaa (Mery-ankh?) wife of Pepi I, excavated by Jéquier and re-cleared by Labrousse.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Troy (Hisarlik)
Early Bronze Age to Byzantine (Troy I c.3000 BCE – Troy IX 85 CE–500 CE) · Anatolian / Mycenaean-associated / Greek / Roman
Mound of Hisarlik with 9 settlement layers Troy I–IX (3000 BCE–500 CE) plus Homeric epic city Troy VI/VII.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok II
Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra → Halaf → Ubaid
Small Neolithic tell in the Upper Khabur near the Wadi Jaghjagh, excavated by Takuya Matsutani. Stratified Proto-Hassuna...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Tepeticpac (Tlaxcala hill town)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepeticpac (Tlaxcala hill town) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Tlaxcala State.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik-Sivritepe
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Beşik-Sivritepe — buried prehistoric tell/village at Çanakkale Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Urdoviza
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Urdoviza — buried prehistoric tell/village at Dobrich Province.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tepecik (İnegöl)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepecik (İnegöl) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Bursa Province.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Gaz Tavila (Tepe Gaz Tavaleh)
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) · Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Kerman
Chalcolithic – Early Bronze (4000–3000 BCE) tell of Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Kerman in Kerman Province, Kerman Plain (c.4000 BCE).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Farukhabad
Late Chalcolithic – Early Dynastic (3500–2600 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic–Early Dynastic
Late Chalcolithic – Early Dynastic (3500–2600 BCE) tell of Late Chalcolithic–Early Dynastic in Ilam Province, Deh Luran Plain (c.3500 BCE).
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector)
Mississippian (Lohmann 1050–1100 through Moorehead 1200–1275, Stirling 1050–1150) · Mississippian (Cahokia Stirling phase capital)
Cahokia Mounds — Mound 72 (Beaded Burial and Woodhenge Sector) is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Illinois, St.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress
Classic (Chalchihuites, 350–850 CE, Epiclásico) · Chalchihuites (Zacatecas) → Coyotlatelco contact
La Quemada (Chicomostoc) — Chalchihuites Hilltop Fortress is a multi-period tell/ancient village in Zacatecas State, Villanueva Municipality, Malpaso valley, Cerro La Quemada, Mexico — Hilltop…
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Jemmeh (Tel Gamma)
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) · Philistine–Assyrian
Late Bronze – Persian (1400–400 BCE) tell of Philistine–Assyrian in Southern District, Besor River (c.1400 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Kusura Höyük
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) · Early Bronze Western Anatolian
Early Bronze I–III (3000–2300 BCE) tell of Early Bronze Western Anatolian in Afyon Province, Sandıklı Plain (c.3000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gre Virike
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) · Middle Bronze Ammian
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze (4000–1600 BCE) tell of Middle Bronze Ammian in Şanlıurfa Province, Halfeti (c.4000 BCE).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Dilkaya Höyük
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) · Van–Urmia EB–Urartian
Early Bronze III – Urartian (2700–600 BCE) tell of Van–Urmia EB–Urartian in Van Province, Edremit Plain (c.2700 BCE).