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189 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified1,221 Widely accepted28 Contested3 Hypothetical189 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Tells1,441 Mounds638 Ancient villages496 Buried cities412 Ancient cities345 Settlements40

Country

🇹🇷Turkey269 🇸🇾Syria231 🇮🇱Israel156 🇮🇶Iraq122 🇮🇷Iran114

Heritage

UNESCO World Heritage only

Excavation

Partially excavated768 Excavated343 Excavation ongoing250 Buried72 Unexcavated8

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tell882 buried city163 ancient village141 ceramics100 stratigraphy100 chalcolithic67 neolithic

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Temple complexes40

Archaeological wonders35

Fortified cities26

Ancient ports10

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🇵🇸Palestine

112

🇮🇳India71

🇯🇴Jordan54

🇪🇬Egypt45

🇷🇴Romania30

🇧🇬Bulgaria28

🇺🇸United States26

🇵🇰Pakistan24

🇲🇽Mexico18

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chalcolithic eba42

Tells

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 908

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 908 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 913

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 913 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 914

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 914 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 923

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 923 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 940

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 940 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 973

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 973 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 13

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 13 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 19

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 19 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 20

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 20 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 49

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 49 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 81

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 81 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tell el-Farah North Sector 93

Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) · Israelite

Tell el-Farah North Sector 93 in Negev, Israel is a Iron Age (1200-586 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell

Bronze Age Tell — Hidalgo Annex 389

Bronze Age · Bronze Age

Bronze Age tell at Hidalgo.

◌Hypothetical

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Jomon Tell — Central Anatolia Annex 395

Jomon · Jomon

Jomon tell at Central Anatolia.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Neolithic Tell — Huanuco Annex 452

Neolithic · Neolithic

Neolithic tell at Huanuco.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Iron Age Tell — Huanuco Annex 446

Iron Age · Iron Age

Iron Age tell at Huanuco.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇪 Peru · Tell

Hittite Tell — Huanuco Annex 416

Hittite · Hittite

Hittite tell at Huanuco.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 108

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 108 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 262

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 262 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 305

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 305 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 380

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 380 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 553

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 553 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 557

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 557 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

◌Hypothetical

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 608

Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite

Khirbet et-Tell Outlier Sector 608 in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.

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