🇹🇷 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.
🇵🇪 Peru · Buried city
Shrine Niche North — Coastal Peru (Lima)
Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Medieval
Shrine Niche North in Coastal Peru, Peru is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 41 — Israel Region 5
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 41 — Israel Region 5 in Israel Region 5, Israel is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4
Period Bronze Age · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 4 — Jordan Region 4 in Jordan Region 4, Jordan is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Gordion
EB to Medieval (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Phrygia 900–600 BCE) · Hittite → Phrygian (Midas) → Persian → Galatian → Roman
Gordion is the Phrygian capital (Yassıhöyük) — Midas's city (Midas Mound tumulus 53 m), terraced citadel with Phrygian Gate (Ashlar), and 100-tumulus necropolis...
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Alalakh (Tell Atchana)
Middle to Late Bronze Age (c.2000–1200 BCE; Level VII palace 1650–1600 BCE) · Amorite / Yamhad / Hittite / Mitanni
Bronze Age capital of Mukish kingdom in Amuq plain, Alalakh yielded Levels VII–0 (Middle–Late Bronze) with cuneiform archives of King Idrimi's inscription (statue autobiography), Yarim-Lim palace,…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 98 — Iraq Region 2
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Fortress Citadel Mideast 98 — Iraq Region 2 in Iraq Region 2, Iraq is a Bronze Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Buried city
Hearths Layer North — Konya Plain (Konya)
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Iron Age
Hearths Layer North in Konya Plain, Turkey is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) buried city attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 1 — Syria Region 1
Period Neolithic · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 1 — Syria Region 1 in Syria Region 1, Syria is a Neolithic tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü)
EBA-Iron Age (c.3000-700 BCE) · Amuq/Syro-Hittite (Amuq A-J to Iron Age Patina)
Coba Höyük (Sakçagözü) — buried eba-iron tell/village at Gaziantep Province.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Buried city
Mapungubwe Hill Annex — Burr (Dakar)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Classical
Mapungubwe Hill Annex in Burr, Senegal is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) buried city attributed to Classical culture.
🇵🇪 Peru · Tell
Granary Pit Group South — Coastal Peru (Lima)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Bronze Age
Granary Pit Group South in Coastal Peru, Peru is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇱🇾 Libya · Buried city
Harlaa Urban Mound East — Fezzan (Sebha)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval
Harlaa Urban Mound East in Fezzan, Libya is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) buried city attributed to Medieval culture.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Shrine Niche North — Thracian Plain (Plovdiv)
Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Classical
Shrine Niche North in Thracian Plain, Bulgaria is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace
Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) · Canaanite-Hurrian
Ugarit — Ras Shamra Northern Palace in Latakia Governorate, Mediterranean, Syria is a Bronze Age (6000–1180 BCE palace 1400 BCE) ancient city attributed to Canaanite-Hurrian culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 81 — Israel Region 9
Period Classical · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Quarry Gallery Mideast 81 — Israel Region 9 in Israel Region 9, Israel is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Beydar — Acropolis Temple Terrace (Nabada)
Early Dynastic III, c.2600–2350 BCE · Kish civilization / Nagar
Acropolis temple staircase at Tell Beydar (ancient Nabada, c.2600–2350 BCE, Early Dynastic).
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Brak — Nagar Outer City Eye Temple
Ubaid to Mitanni (6500–1200 BCE) · Uruk/Mitanni
Tell Brak — Nagar Outer City Eye Temple in Hasakah Governorate, Khabur plain, Syria is a Ubaid to Mitanni (6500–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Uruk/Mitanni culture.
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tel Batash
MB to Iron Age (c.2000–600 BCE; peak Philistine Timnah c.1200–600) · Canaanite → Philistine (Timnah) → Judah
Tel Batash is biblical Timnah in Sorek Valley — Samson's Timnah (Judges 14) and Philistine border town between Ekron and Gezer. Mazar/Kelm 1977–89 revealed MB g...
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kazel — Ancient Sumur
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.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Kamid el-Loz — Beqaa Palace
Middle Bronze to Iron (1900–1200 BCE) · Egyptian-Hittite
Kamid el-Loz — Beqaa Palace in Beqaa Governorate, Kumidi palace, Lebanon is a Middle Bronze to Iron (1900–1200 BCE) tell attributed to Egyptian-Hittite culture.
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Chogha Gavaneh — Central High Mound
Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, c.7000–800 BCE (massif c.3200 BCE) · Halaf / Ubaid / Uruk / Kura-Araxes
Central high mound at Chogha Gavaneh (7th–6th millennium BCE Neolithic to Bronze Age high platform, 15 m high, 80 m diameter).