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10 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.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) · North Mesopotamian (Halaf-Ubaid, Uruk, Akkadian)
Tepe Gawra Mound — Erbil Plain in Nineveh Governorate / Kurdistan, Erbil plain, 25 km NE Mosul, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to North…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) · Amorite / Old Babylonian (Eshnunna kingdom)
Tell Harmal — Shaduppum Temple Mound in Baghdad eastern Diyala, Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum), Iraq is a Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Amorite / Old…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Sumerian Ur III to Kassite (2112–1200 BCE) · Sumerian (Ur III, Isin-Larsa, Kassite)
Nippur Ekur Ziggurat — Nuffar in Qadisiyah Governorate, Afak District (ancient Nippur, T. Nuffar), Iraq is a Sumerian Ur III to Kassite (2112–1200 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Sumerian (Ur…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2025–1763 BCE) · Amorite / Sumerian continuity (Larsa dynasty)
Larsa Ziggurat — Tell Senkereh in Dhi Qar Governorate, Tell as-Senkereh (ancient Larsa), Iraq is a Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2025–1763 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Amorite / Sumerian…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Old Babylonian to Mitanni, c.1900-1400 BCE (Shamshi-Adad, Hammurabi, Mitanni) · Old Babylonian / Mitanni (Karana / Qattara)
Tell al-Rimah (ancient Qattara/Karana) south of Jebel Sinjar: massive tell 40 ha with high ziggurat mound 30 m high (200×200 m base) and lower town.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Sumerian Ur III to Neo-Babylonian (2112–550 BCE) · Sumerian (Ur III) + Neo-Babylonian
Ur Ziggurat — Tell Muqayyar in Dhi Qar Governorate, Tell el-Muqayyar (ancient Ur), Iraq is a Sumerian Ur III to Neo-Babylonian (2112–550 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Sumerian (Ur III) +…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid through Early Dynastic to Akkadian (5000–2300 BCE) · Sumerian (Lagash / Girsu)
Tell al-Hiba — Lagash Mound in Dhi Qar Governorate, Al-Hiba (ancient Lagash), Iraq is a Ubaid through Early Dynastic to Akkadian (5000–2300 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Sumerian (Lagash /…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) · Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian
Tell al-Ubaid Mound — Eridu Region in Dhi Qar Governorate, 7 km west of Ur, Iraq is a Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan Pyramidal Mound in Saladin Governorate, Samarra region, east bank Tigris, Iraq is a Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Samarra culture…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna Mound — Nineveh Region in Nineveh Governorate, 35 km south of Mosul, Iraq is a Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Hassuna culture culture.