🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Rampart Buried Gate West — Jordan Valley (Amman)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Rampart Buried Gate West in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Medieval culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Kot Diji to Mature Harappan (3300–1800 BCE) · Kot Diji–Harappan planned city
Rahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji to Mature Harappan (3300–1800 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji–Harappan planned city.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Buried city
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Courtyard House Complex East in Delta, Egypt is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
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.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
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.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) · Natufian-Neolithic
Abu Hureyra — Epipalaeolithic in Raqqa Governorate, Euphrates Terrace, Syria is a Epipalaeolithic to Neolithic (11150–6900 BCE) ancient village attributed to Natufian-Neolithic culture.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Amri to Harappan (3600–2000 BCE) · Amri ware → Kot Diji → Harappan sequence
Amri — Sindh Amri Ware Type Site Extension Foothills in Sindh, Pakistan is a Amri to Harappan (3600–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Amri ware → Kot Diji → Harappan sequence.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
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.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Ubaid to Ur III (c.5000–2000 BCE; Sumerian King List antediluvian) · Ubaid → Uruk → Sumerian antediluvian → Ur III
Bad-tibira (Tell al-Madineh) is counted in Sumerian King List as the second antediluvian city (before Shuruppak), ruled by mythical Dumuzi. Surface 50-ha mound...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Mittani to Assyrian (1500–600 BCE) Shadikanni · Mittani Shadikanni then Neo-Assyrian provincial
Tell Ajaja — Khabur Assyrian Canal City in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Mittani to Assyrian (1500–600 BCE) Shadikanni tell attributed to Mittani Shadikanni then Neo-Assyrian provincial.
🇦🇷 Argentina · Buried city
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Wupatki Pueblo in Pampas, Argentina is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
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.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) · Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite
Tell Deir Alla — Balaam Inscription in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Bronze Age to Iron Age (1500–700 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Aramean / Israelite.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture · Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan)
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarra Bowl Village in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Hassuna–Samarra (6000–5000 BCE) Samarra culture tell attributed to Samarra culture (Tell Sawwan).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Jezirah I–III (c.3000–2200 BCE) · Ninevite-5 → Early Dynastic Jezirah
30-ha EB town with nine-phase Ninevite-5 through ED III defensive wall, gate with corbel vault, “Animal House” kitchen with fauna scatters, eye-idol temple and Soviet-Polish plan 7 stratified ED…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
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.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Hakra to Early Harappan (7000–2600 BCE) earliest claimed · Hakra–Kunal–Early Harappan
Bhirrana — Ghaggar-Hakra Earliest Harappan Type Mound in Haryana, India is a Hakra to Early Harappan (7000–2600 BCE) earliest claimed tell attributed to Hakra–Kunal–Early Harappan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Middle Bronze to Iron (1900–500 BCE) · Canaanite/ Sea Peoples
Tell Kazel — Ancient Sumur in Tartus Governorate, Akkar plain, Syria is a Middle Bronze to Iron (1900–500 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/ Sea Peoples culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Urartian (8th–6th c. BCE; Argishti/Rusa) · Urartu
Small but classic Urartu hydraulic fortress damming a karstic spring valley NW of Khoy: cyclopean dam wall, rectangular fort, storage pithoi, Haldi-temple pebble mosaic, with red polish Urartu ware…
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
PPNA to Bronze Age (9600–1500 BCE) · Natufian / PPN / Canaanite
Tel es-Sultan Extension — Jericho Spring Fields in Jericho Oasis, Palestine is a PPNA to Bronze Age (9600–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Natufian / PPN / Canaanite.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient city
Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) · EBA Jordan
Bab edh-Dhra — Dead Sea Plain in Karak Governorate, Dead Sea plain, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE) ancient city attributed to EBA Jordan culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Iron to Hellenistic (c.900 BCE–100 CE; Moabite–Nabataean) · Moabite → Nabataean → Roman
Aroer (Khirbat Arair) guards the Arnon (Mujib) gorge crossing on King's Highway south of Dibon — Mesha Stele 'Aroer' taken from Gad. Fort with Iron Moabite cist...
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Chalcolithic to Persian (4000–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Assyrian / Philistine
Tell Jemmeh — Yurza in Northern Negev, Israel is a Chalcolithic to Persian (4000–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Assyrian / Philistine.