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🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) · Early Dynastic Sumerian (Nabada, Khabur)
Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur (ancient Nabada), Syria is a Early Bronze Age, Early Dynastic III (2600–2350 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Dynastic…
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Late Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Tripolye C2 → Usatovo (c.3500–3200 BCE) → Early Yamnaya fringe · Late Trypillia C2 → Usatovo (Post-Trypillia) steppe–farming synthesis → Early Yamnaya infiltration
Usatovo village–kurgan cemetery (c.3500–3200 BCE) on liman — Trypillia→Yamnaya bridge with stelae and copper (Petrenko).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
EB III through EB IV/Intermediate Bronze (c.2500–2000 BCE) with EBA predecessor and MB I squatter · EB III Canaanite → EB IV transitional (Intermediate Bronze) highland town
Fortified EB IV town (c.2500–2000 BCE) with double walls — only continuous EBA III→EB IV survival above 4.2kya collapse (Richard).
🇮🇶 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…
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Neolithic through Medieval (c.6000 BCE–15th c. CE); Starčevo, Vinča, Vučedol, Vatin–Belegiš, La Tène, Roman–Medieval · Starčevo–Koros → Vinča → Kostolac–Vučedol → Vatin–Belegiš (Bronze) → Hallstatt–La Tène Scordisci
6th-mill.–15th-c. Srem tell (45 ha survey) with Vinča–Vučedol–Scordisci sequence — 10 m stratigraphy on Sava (Garašanin).
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Tell Mozan (ancient Urkesh), Syria is a Early Bronze to Middle Bronze Age (2600–1350 BCE, Hurrian Urkesh) pyramid/mound site attributed…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Late Neolithic, Halaf–Ubaid transition (6200–5200 BCE) · Halaf culture (type-site region)
Tell Sabi Abyad Mound — Balikh in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh Valley (Tell Sabi Abyad), Syria is a Late Neolithic, Halaf–Ubaid transition (6200–5200 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Halaf culture…
🇮🇶 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.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Tell
Middle Chalcolithic Trypillia B1 (c.4400–4200 BCE); Cucuteni–Trypillia B1 transition megacluster · Cucuteni–Trypillia B1 (Trypillia near Kyiv core) → B2 megasites
Middle Trypillia B1 (c.4400–4200 BCE) palisaded village with 40 burnt houses on Stugna — eponymous Trypillia cluster near Kyiv.
🇮🇳 India · Pyramid
Mature to Late Harappan (2300–1700 BCE, Sorath Harappan) · Harappan (Surkotada A–C)
Surkotada Mound — Kutch in Gujarat, Kutch District, Rann isthmus NE of Bhuj (Surkotada), India is a Mature to Late Harappan (2300–1700 BCE, Sorath Harappan) pyramid/mound site attributed to Harappan…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Neolithic to Iron Age (5500 BCE – 800 BCE, Sialk I–VI) · Iranian plateau (Sialk culture)
Tepe Sialk Pyramidal Mound — Kashan in Isfahan Province, Kashan suburb, Tepe Sialk, Iran is a Neolithic to Iron Age (5500 BCE – 800 BCE, Sialk I–VI) pyramid/mound site attributed to Iranian plateau…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Classic Period Hohokam (1150–1450 CE) · Hohokam Classic Period (Marana community)
Marana Hohokam Mound Phoenix Basin is the Los Robles platform mound community on the Santa Cruz River north of Tucson — Fish's Marana community (1150–1450 CE) showing Classic Hohokam platform…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Indus Valley Civilisation, Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Indus Valley (Harappan)
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Mound — Larkana in Sindh, Larkana District, Indus west bank, Pakistan is a Indus Valley Civilisation, Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Indus…
🇮🇶 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) +…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
PPNA to Medieval; dominant Neolithic and Medieval citadel · PPNA/PPNB Neolithic → Assyrian → Artuqid Kurdish → Ottoman
Tigris gorge tell (PPNA Neolithic through Medieval) with cliff-edge Neolithic houses — gorge-side multi-period palimpsest partly encircled by Ilısu reservoir after 2020.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Tell
Hyksos → New Kingdom capital → Third Intermediate (Tanis reuse) · Hyksos → Thutmoside → Ramesside 19th Dynasty → 21st Dynasty Tanis shift
New Kingdom Delta capital (18 km²) of Ramesses II over Avaris — stables for 480 chariot horses, bronze workshops and Pelusiac harbour, buried under Qantir silt.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Late Chalcolithic (3500–3000 BCE, pre-Uruk) · Late Chalcolithic north Mesopotamian
Tell Hazna Mound — Syria Balikh in Raqqa Governorate, Balikh Valley (Tell Hazna I), Syria is a Late Chalcolithic (3500–3000 BCE, pre-Uruk) pyramid/mound site attributed to Late Chalcolithic north…
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Pyramid
Early Harappan (Kot Diji period, 3300–2600 BCE, type-site) · Early Harappan (Kot Dijian)
Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur in Sindh, Khairpur District, Rohri Hills foot, Pakistan is a Early Harappan (Kot Diji period, 3300–2600 BCE, type-site) pyramid/mound site attributed to Early Harappan (Kot…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Chalcolithic to Byzantine; Phrygian-Roman sanctuary peak · Phrygian → Galatian Tolistobogii → Roman Galatia
Mother-goddess sanctuary-city of Cybele — Phrygian terraces, Hellenistic temple and Roman acropolis buried under Ballıhisar mound on Sangarios.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Neolithic through Iron; Amuq A-J typology · Amuq Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid → EBA → Syro-Hittite
Amuq type-site mound defining Amuq A–J phases (Neolithic–Iron) — 22 m deposit with Neolithic painted ware, Ninevite V and Iron Syro-Hittite ceramics.
🇮🇶 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 /…
🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid
Elamite, Middle Elamite period (1250–640 BCE) · Elamite (Middle Elamite)
Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat — Elam in Khuzestan Province, Chogha Zanbil (ancient Dur-Untash), Iran is a Elamite, Middle Elamite period (1250–640 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Elamite (Middle…
🇺🇸 United States · Tell
Classic Period Hohokam (1100–1450 CE) · Hohokam Classic Period (Pueblo Grande region)
Mesa Grande Hohokam Platform Mound Extension is the eastern lower terrace of Mesa Grande Ruin — the largest extant Hohokam platform mound in the Salt River Valley, within modern Mesa.
