Partially excavated places tagged “tell”

🇮🇶 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.

🇵🇪 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.

🇧🇬 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 · 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.

🇸🇾 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.

🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell

Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic

Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) · Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic

Çatalhöyük West Mound — Chalcolithic in Konya Plain, Çumra, Turkey is a Chalcolithic (6000–5200 BCE) tell attributed to Çatalhöyük-Chalcolithic culture.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Hazna I

Early Bronze III–IV (c.2600–2100 BCE) · Early Jezirah III Ebla-contact

9-m step-terrace temple at Tell Hazna overlooking Khabur–Sinjar pass, stair and altar with Ebla-style cylinder seals, Soviet-Joint campaign 1988–2010 (Munchaev) exposing three ritual phases.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain

Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) · Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian

Tel Mevorakh — Coastal Plain in Sharon Plain, Israel is a Late Bronze Age to Persian (1500–332 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite / Phoenician / Persian.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Khasham — Khabur Frontier Fort

Mittani to Assyrian (1500–600 BCE) · Mittani then Assyrian provincial

Tell Khasham — Khabur Frontier Fort in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Mittani to Assyrian (1500–600 BCE) tell attributed to Mittani then Assyrian provincial.

🇮🇱 Israel · Tell

Tel Qiri — Manasseh Hill Country

Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) · Israelite / Phoenician

Tel Qiri — Manasseh Hill Country in Manasseh Hills, Israel is a Iron Age I–II (1200–600 BCE) tell attributed to Israelite / Phoenician.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Asaad — Balikh Early Neolithic Settle

Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8300–7000 BCE) · Balikh PPNB

Tell Asaad — Balikh Early Neolithic Settle in Raqqa Governorate, Syria is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8300–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Balikh PPNB.

🇸🇾 Syria · Tell

Tell Ghamqa

Late Bronze to Iron Age (c.1500–300 BCE) · Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron Phoenician

Lagoon harbour tell (1500–300 BCE) between Latakia and Jableh — now 2 km inland.

🇮🇳 India · Tell

Rojdi — Saurashtra Harappan Mound

Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) · Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath)

Rojdi — Saurashtra Harappan Mound in Gujarat, India is a Sorath Harappan (2500–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Sorath Harappan (Saurashtra Sorath).

🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell

Tell el-Maqlub — Gilead

Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) · Gileadite / Israelite / Ammonite

Tell el-Maqlub — Gilead in Ajloun Highlands, Jordan is a Middle Bronze Age to Iron Age (2000–600 BCE) tell attributed to Gileadite / Israelite / Ammonite.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell

Tell Shemshara

Hassuna to Islamic (c.6200 BCE–1200 CE; archive Late Bronze c.1800 BCE) · Hassuna → Halaf → Ubaid → MBA Shamshera kingdom → Islamic

Dokan MBA palace mound with 150-tablet Shamshera kingdom archive (1800 BCE) on Lower Zab.

🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell