🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Iraq ed-Dubb (Ain Hashara)
Early to Late Natufian (13,500–11,500 BP) · Natufian
Natufian rockshelter with earliest escarpment plant cultivation and cult basin prefiguring PPN shrines.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Arpachiyah — Halaf Painted Pottery Mound
Halaf, Ubaid (6100–5500 BCE) · Halaf culture
Low mound outside Mosul lending name to Late Halaf painted ware zenith, excavated 1933 by Max Mallowan and John Cruikshank Rose and 1976 by Ismail Hijara.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Haddad — Ancient Meturan Mound on the Diyala
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Akkadian, Eshnunna, Babylonian
Provincial capital of Hamrin–Diyala corridor identified as Me-Turan, twin to Tell Haddad and Tell al-Sib excavated 1977–87 by Iraqi State Board before Hamrin Dam, yielding 3000 cuneiform tablets of…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Hassuna — Type Site of Hassuna Culture
Proto-Hassuna, Hassuna, Samarran (6500–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Between two wadis south-west of Mosul, this 1943–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd and Fuad Saffar defined the Hassuna culture — earliest ceramic Neolithic in northern Iraq — through 15 building levels.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient village
Qermez Dere
Terminal Natufian / Khiamian to PPNA (12,200–10,500 BCE) · North Mesopotamian PPNA (Proto-Neolithic piedmont)
North Iraq PPNA village with radial spoke houses and pillar cult building foreshadowing Göbekli.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Agrab — Temple of Shara and Mound of Sargon's Outpost
Early Dynastic to Akkadian (3000–2150 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala/ Akkadian frontier)
Southern Diyala town of Early Dynastic to Akkadian period dominated by 60x55 m Temple of Shara built on high mudbrick terrace (proto-ziggurat) with massive enclosure and two shrines (Shrine I and II)…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Asmar (Eshnunna) — Palace of the Rulers and Shu-Sin Ziggurat Terrace
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1760 BCE), Isin-Larsa Eshnunna · Sumerian–Akkadian (Eshnunna Dynasts)
Capital of powerful Eshnunna kingdom (2100–1760 BCE) ruling Diyala and parts of Elam trade. Central tell holds Palace of the Rulers (45x38 m courtyard palace) and 32x30 m Shu-Sin (Ur III)…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Haddad (Me-Turan) — Twin Mounds and Ekur Ziggurat Terrace
Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (2600–1760 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Me-Turan / Simurrum)
Twin-mound Late Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa city (Me-Turan) on Diyala-Adhaim confluence engulfed by Hamrin reservoir fringe.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Harmal (Shaduppum) — Old Babylonian Ramp Mound & Temple Platform
Old Babylonian (Isin-Larsa) 1950–1750 BCE · Babylonian (Isin-Larsa)
Old Babylonian fortified administrative town (c.1900–1750 BCE, Isin-Larsa to Hammurabi era) now Tell Harmal on Baghdad's eastern edge, dominated by central 25x25 m raised temple platform (ziggurat…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Harmal — Shaduppum Ziggurat Mound
Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian · Akkadian/Amorite — Old Babylonian
Mound in eastern Baghdad now within urban fringe, excavated by Taha Baqir (1945–63), preserving complete Old Babylonian administrative quarter with 3000 cuneiform tablets covering law, mathematics…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Khafajah (Tutub) — Temple Oval and Dur-Samsuiluna Platform Mound
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala)
Major Diyala valley city (3000–1800 BCE) with the iconic Temple Oval — 80x75 m double-walled oval enclosure with inner 36 m oval temple terrace rising 4 m — earliest oval ziggurat precursor (Jemdet…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Shemshara — Zagros Gateway Mound
Hassuna–Halaf, Uruk, Middle Bronze (6000–1400 BCE) · Zagros–Mesopotamian interface
Mound on former confluence of Little Zab dammed by Dokan Lake, excavated 1957–59 by Danish Jarmo team (G. J.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell Yelkhi — Diyala Census Mound
Early Dynastic III to Akkadian (2600–2200 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian, Eshnunna sphere
Small but archive-rich Hamrin tell salvaged before dam, excavated by Japanese Mission (Fujii).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tell es-Sawwan — Samarran Mound and Fortified Village
Hassuna–Samarran, Ubaid (6000–4800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Type mound for Samarran culture immediately south of Samarra on cliff overlooking Tigris floodplain, excavated by al-Adhami and Yasin (1964–69).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Tepe Gawra — High Temple Platform (Ubaid-Uruk Terrace)
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE), High Temple Late Uruk 3500 BCE · Halaf-Ubaid-Uruk (Northern Mesopotamian)
Tall stratified tell 20 m high near Mosul, with Halaf-Ubaid to Early Dynastic sequence including the monumental High Temple terrace (Late-Uruk, c.3500 BCE) — mudbrick podium 11x10 m with niched…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Umm Dabaghiyah
Pottery Neolithic (c.6000–5800 BCE; single horizon) · Hassuna-related onager-hunting specialized
Onager-hunting camp (6000 BCE) with painted hunt murals and 4,000 onager bones on Hatra steppe.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Inner Eridu Ridge Central — Eridu (53-50)
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Inner Eridu Ridge Central — Eridu (53-50) at Eridu, Iraq is a Chalcolithic (regional) tell of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for ridge and associated settlement.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Aqar Quf Ziggurat Dur-Kurigalzu Core Brick
Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent · Old Kingdom
Aqar Quf Ziggurat Dur-Kurigalzu Core Brick in Baghdad, Aqar Quf, Iraq is a Old Kingdom (2686–2181 BCE) or regional equivalent pyramid attributed to Old Kingdom.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Ashur Temple of Ashur Cella
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Ashur Temple of Ashur Cella in Salah ad-Din, Qal'at Sherqat, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Assur — Ashur Temple North Cella (Qal'at Sharqat)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Assur — Ashur Temple North Cella (Qal'at Sharqat) in Saladin, Assur, Qal'at Sharqat, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex att…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Northern Annex
Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) · Ubaid
Eridu Temple Platform South Mound Annex — Northern Annex in Dhi Qar, Nasiriyah, Iraq is a Ubaid Period (6500-3800 BCE) temple complex attributed to Ubaid.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Eridu Temple Platform Ubaid Level
Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional · Classical
Eridu Temple Platform Ubaid Level in Dhi Qar, Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq is a Classical Antiquity (600 BCE–200 CE) or regional temple complex attributed to Classical.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city
Khafajah
Late Uruk to Old Babylonian (c.3400–1700 BCE; peak Early Dynastic) · Uruk → Jemdet Nasr → Early Dynastic (Akkadian/Sumerian Diyala) → Akkadian → Old Babylonian/Eshnunna
Diyala Sequence key town with 10-phase Sin Temple and Samsuiluna earthquake horizon.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu)
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period temple culture
Nimrud — Nabu Temple North Ancillary Shrine (Kalhu) in Nineveh, Nimrud, Iraq is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Mu…