🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Brak — Eye Temple Terrace
Uruk (3800–3200 BCE) temple; city 4200 BCE · Northern Uruk / Ninevite 5
Tell Brak excavated by Mallowan 1930s and Oates 1976–, Eye Temple with thousands of Eye Idols, proto-Zagros trade centre.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo)
Bestansur — Shahrizor Neolithic Tell in Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (8000–7000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic (Bestansur–Jarmo).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tilki Tepe
Chalcolithic-EBA (c.5000-2500 BCE) · Kura-Araxes / Early Transcaucasian (Karaz-Pulur)
Tilki Tepe — buried chalcolithic-eba tell/village at Van Province.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center
Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha · Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial
Tell al-Hawa — Mosul Steppe Center in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Uruk to Neo-Assyrian (4000–600 BCE) 66 ha tell attributed to Uruk then Neo-Assyrian provincial.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tal-i Iblis — Kerman Copper Workshop Tell
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (5000–2500 BCE) · Kerman Chalcolithic (Iblis)
Tal-i Iblis — Kerman Copper Workshop Tell in Kerman Province, Iran is a Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (5000–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Kerman Chalcolithic (Iblis).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell Qasile — Philistine Port
Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE) · Philistine
Tell Qasile — Philistine Port in Yarkon River, Israel is a Iron Age I (1200–1000 BCE) tell attributed to Philistine.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Allahdino — Harappan Port Fortlet
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Allahdino — Harappan Port Fortlet in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sianu
Middle Bronze to Iron Age (c.2000–500 BCE; floruit LBA-Iron) · Canaanite / Ugaritic periphery → Phoenician → Neo-Assyrian
Coastal capital of Siyannu kingdom (2000–500 BCE) between Ugarit and Amurru at Jableh.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound
Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE) · Gandhara / Bannu sequence
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara / Bannu sequence.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Nineveh Plain Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Tigris plain, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5800 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Tell
Namazga Depe — Outer Lower Town
Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (5000–2000 BCE) Namazga Sequence · Anau–Namazga culture
Namazga Depe — Outer Lower Town in Ahal Province, Turkmenistan is a Chalcolithic to Bronze Age (5000–2000 BCE) Namazga Sequence tell attributed to Anau–Namazga culture.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tell
Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound
Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1400 CE) · Herat culture
Kunsam? Actually Tepe Kun San? Replace Kun San Trojan Hill — actually Kuhsan Herat Mound in Herat Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Herat…
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Tell Kurban — Euphrates
Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) · Ubaid-Uruk
Tell Kurban — Euphrates in Şanlıurfa Province, Euphrates rescue, Turkey is a Ubaid to Akkadian (4500–2200 BCE) tell attributed to Ubaid-Uruk culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Sukas — Shuksi Port
Neolithic to Iron (6000–1180 BCE) · Canaanite/Phoenician
Tell Sukas — Shuksi Port in Latakia Governorate, coast, Syria is a Neolithic to Iron (6000–1180 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite/Phoenician culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace
Early Bronze to Islamic (2900 BCE–1000 CE) · Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat
Kahat excavated by Pecorella 1980–, Ishtar temple with votive plaques and Neo-Assyrian palace of Adad-nirari I.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Yumuktepe — Mersin Mound
Neolithic to Byzantine (7000 BCE+) · Neolithic to Roman
Yumuktepe — Mersin Mound in Mersin Province, Cilicia, Turkey is a Neolithic to Byzantine (7000 BCE+) tell attributed to Neolithic to Roman culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mardikh (Ebla)
Bronze Age · Mesopotamian
Ebla Bronze Age palace mound 60 ha tell, Royal Palace G (2400 BCE) 16,000 cuneiform tablets, Upper town acropolis.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village
Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) · Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan
Padri — Gulf of Cambay Harappan Salt Village in Gujarat, India is a Early Harappan to Mature (3200–2000 BCE) tell attributed to Pre-Harappan Padri ware then Harappan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
Neo-Assyrian (9th c. BCE bilingual: Assyrian/Aramaic) · Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian
Head of Khabur tell excavated by Moortgat 1955–56 and recent Syrian, statue bilingual published 1982.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Bagh Azari — Urmia Bronze Mound
Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) · Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware
Tepe Bagh Azari — Urmia Bronze Mound in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran is a Kura-Araxes to Iron Age (3200–800 BCE) tell attributed to Kura-Araxes then Urmia ware.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan (Larkana cluster)
Lakhueenjo Daro Outlier — Larkana Harappan Satelite in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan (Larkana cluster).
🇮🇱 Israel · Tell
Tell es-Safi — Gath Philistine Acropolis
Early Bronze to Crusader; Philistine peak 1170–830 BCE · Philistine (Gath of Goliath)
Tell es-Safi excavated by Maeir 1996–, Philistine inscription Goliath sherd and Hazael siege system.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site
Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna — Hassuna Culture Type Site in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq is a Hassuna (6000–5500 BCE) tell attributed to Hassuna culture.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Khamis — Euphrates Fortified Hamlet
Late Uruk to Early Bronze (3400–2400 BCE) · Late Uruk / Early Syrian
Bi'a hinterland mound excavated alongside Tuttul project, yielding Uruk contact ceramics and Early Bronze village phasing.