🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Beşik Tepe — Troy Outer Coastal Settlement
Early Bronze I to Middle Bronze (2900–2000 BCE) · Troy I maritime / EBA Northwest Anatolian
Troy I harbour hamlet 2900 BCE — coastal EBA tumulus with Troy Ib wares.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Tell
Tell el-Edge Ben
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Edge Ben in Souss-Massa, Morocco is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Dolmen Cairn Höyük
Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) · Hellenistic
Dolmen Cairn Höyük in Ancash, Peru is a Hellenistic (323–31 BCE) tell attributed to Hellenistic culture.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient village
Köşk Höyük — Bor South Skull-Cult Annex
Late Neolithic to Early Chalcolithic (6000–5000 BCE; Levels I–III) · Cappadocian Neolithic–Chalcolithic with Halaf links
Neolithic skull-cult village 6000 BCE — plastered skulls and relief houses.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Ulugh Depe
Chalcolithic to Iron Age (5000–500 BCE; Bronze Age city 2500–1500 BCE) · Anau–Namazga to Oxus (BMAC) to Yaz
Ulugh Depe is Turkmenistan's largest tell — 26-m-high (5000 BCE–500 BCE), 13-ha Bronze Age citadel with Yaz I citadel (1500 BCE) and Namazga IV–VI ceramics.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Tell el-Glen
Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) · Late Bronze Age
Tell el-Glen in Ancash, Peru is a Late Bronze Age (1550–1050 BCE) tell attributed to Late Bronze Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Aphek
EB to Ottoman (c.3500 BCE–1917 CE; peak Canaanite–Philistine–Herod 3000 BCE–74 CE) · Canaanite → Philistine → Israelite → Philistine → Hellenistic → Herodian (Antipatris)
Tel Aphek (Herodian Antipatris) guards the Yarkon springs — Via Maris bottleneck, famous as Philistine camp before Saul's defeat (1 Sam 4) and Herod's Antipatri...
🇮🇷 Iran · Ancient city
Susa
Neolithic to Medieval (c.4200 BCE–1218 CE; Elamite capital c.2700–646 BCE; Achaemenid palace 522–331 BCE) · Elamite / Persian Achaemenid / Seleucid / Parthian / Sassanian
Elamite capital then Achaemenid administrative capital (Darius I, 522 BCE), Susa preserves mound sequence from 4200 BCE: Apadana of Darius (36 limestone columns, glazed brick friezes of Immortals and…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilbeşar Höyük
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) · Halaf to Neo-Hittite
Neolithic–Iron (6000–600 BCE) Halaf to Neo-Hittite tell at Gaziantep Province – citadel on aleppo–carchemish road (dims Mound 25 m high, lower town 10 ha).
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tol-e Nurabad
Neolithic to Sasanian (c.5000 BCE–600 CE) · Fars Chalcolithic → Elam → Persian
Mamasani multiperiod tell 8 m high (Neolithic–Sasanian 6k yr, Bakun–Banesh–Kaftari) west Fars.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North — Atlit Coast (Caesarea)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Medieval
Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Submerged Floor North in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Rashid (Hamrin)
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) · Ubaid
Ubaid (5000–4300 BCE) Ubaid tell at Diyala Governorate, Hamrin – ubaid village with grain storages (dims 1.1 ha).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Earthwork Enclosure Mideast 86 — Israel Region 2 in Israel Region 2, Israel is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Tell
Tell el-Kot-Low Kara
Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Tell el-Kot-Low Kara in Oruro, Bolivia is a Ubaid (6500–3800 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid culture.
🇮🇳 India · Buried city
Menouthis Church Extension South
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Menouthis Church Extension South in Dwarka Coast, India is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇨🇱 Chile · Buried city
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South — Chiloé Shelf — cleopatra-pa
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cleopatra Palace Crypt South in Chiloé Shelf, Chile is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Buried city
Moundville Ceremonial Mound — Amazonas (Manaus)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Moundville Ceremonial Mound in Amazonas, Brazil is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇸 United States · Buried city
Cist Grave Field West
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Bronze Age
Cist Grave Field West in Ohio Valley, United States is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Buried city
Plastered Floor House Cluster South — Dnieper — plastered-fl
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Iron Age
Plastered Floor House Cluster South in Dnieper, Ukraine is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Buried city
Lechaion Harbour Extension South
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Iron Age
Lechaion Harbour Extension South in Atlit Coast, Israel is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Hissar
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze (c.4300–1900 BCE) · Hissar I–IIIC
Damghan plain 40-ha complex with three mounds: Hissar IIIB–C painted/grey ware, lapis bead workshop, arsenical bronze workshop, “Burnt Building” massacre layer ~1900 BCE with 11 skeletons and Grey…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan)
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Pulur Höyük (Erzincan) — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Erzincan Province.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Buried city
Hearths Layer North — Thracian Plain (Plovdiv)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Hearths Layer North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Kish
Early Dynastic Sumer to Akkadian · Sumerian / Akkadian
Key Sumerian city-state (c.3100–2000 BCE) dominating Early Dynastic Sumer, palace A, ziggurat, mentioned in King List as first city to have kingship after Flood. Discovered library archives.