🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
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🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) · Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos
Mallus — Cilician Temple-Tell in Adana Province, Turkey is a Hittite to Roman (1500 BCE–200 CE) tell attributed to Tarqu/ Phoenician Moxos.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) · Gandhara
Bala Hisar Kushan Extension — Charsadda East Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Indo-Greek to Kushan (180 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
MB II (c.2000–1600 BCE) · Canaanite MB II coastal → Phoenician
Small Middle Bronze II fortified town (1.6 ha) on a coastal hill south of Sidon, Lebanese-German excavations by Uwe Fink...
🇸🇩 Sudan · Tell
Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) · Beja–Meroitic
Tokar — Suakin Hinterland Mound in Red Sea State, Sudan is a Post-Meroitic to Christian (300 BCE–1400 CE) tell attributed to Beja–Meroitic.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.2800–500 BCE) · EB coastal → Middle Bronze Canaanite → Late Bronze Ugaritic → Iron
Secondary coastal tell (2800–500 BCE) on Jableh-Baniyas corridor south of Sianu.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) · Ninevite 5
Tell Arabid — Khabur Ceramic Production Mound in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria is a Ninevite 5–Uruk (3200–3000 BCE) tell attributed to Ninevite 5.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Transitional Chalcolithic to Late Chalcolithic (c.5300–3400 BCE) · Cheshmeh Ali → Pardis Transitional Chalcolithic → Late Chalcolithic
Tehran Plain kiln centre (5300 BCE) with 12 two-chamber updraft kilns producing Cheshmeh Ali ware.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Third to Old Babylonian (2600–1700 BCE) · Hurrian (Urkesh)
Khabur excavations by Buccellati 1984–, Hurrian royal archives, stone lions and underworld pit abi.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) · Canaanite
Tell Iktanu — Jordan Valley in Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Early Bronze Age (3600–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Canaanite. EB I-III double town with massive stone walls and glacis on valley floor.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Ubaid to Early Bronze (c.5000–2200 BCE; EB II centre) · Ubaid → Uruk → Early Bronze Euphrates / Carchemish periphery
Euphrates ford town (5000–2200 BCE) with EB II wall 5 km south of Carchemish.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPNB to Early Halaf (8200–5300 BCE) · PPNB → Halaf (Amuq)
Euphrates village excavated by Molist 1991–, key Halaf transition sequence with painted Ubaid sherds.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) · Harappan
Surkotada Citadel Sister Mound in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2300–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Twin citadel west of main Surkotada with horse bones debated and fire altar.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median · Median
Tepe Sagzabad — Qazvin Plain Median Iron Citadel in Qazvin Province, Iran is a Iron Age II–III (1000–550 BCE) Median tell attributed to Median. Mound citadel with Median pillared halls at Sagzabad.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Kot Diji–Harappan (3000–1900 BCE) · Harappan frontier
Tar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork in Punjab, Pakistan is a Kot Diji–Harappan (3000–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan frontier. Salt Range Harappan mound with bituminous Harappan pottery.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
PPN to Iron Age (c.7800 BCE–600 BCE; Neolithic foundational) · PPN → Neolithic → Chalcolithic → Bronze-Iron Bekaa
Bekaa spring mound (7800 BCE–600 BCE) with PPN plaster horizon under Bronze tell near Zahle.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Late Uruk/Jemdet Nasr (c.3500–3000 BCE) · South Mesopotamian Uruk colonial
Classic Late Uruk colony (c.3500–3000 BCE) on the Euphrates, 18 ha walled town with tripartite temples, administrative t...
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Pre-Harappan to Gandhara (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Gandhara prehistoric to Gandharan
Tilla — Adina Masjid Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Pre-Harappan to Gandhara (3000 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara prehistoric to Gandharan.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
PPN to Ubaid (c.8500–4000 BCE; Neolithic floruit 8500–6600 BCE) · PPN → Pottery Neolithic → Halaf → Ubaid Rouj
Rouj basin triple mound (8500–4000 BCE) with aceramic PPN to Halaf-Ubaid sequence west of Idlib.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Late Chalcolithic to Elamite (c.3800–1100 BCE; Uruk 3500 BCE) · Late Chalcolithic Uruk-related → Proto-Elamite → Elamite
Ramhormoz Late Chalcolithic centre (3800 BCE) with Uruk and Proto-Elamite horizon north of Ramhormoz.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) · Zagros Neolithic
Tepe Asiya — Kifri Neolithic Tell in Salah ad-Din, Iraq is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (9000–6000 BCE) tell attributed to Zagros Neolithic.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Tell
Early Neolithic to Medieval · Körös / Tisza / medieval Hungarian
Multi-period tell at Vésztő-Mágor (c. 5000 BCE to Middle Ages), 5 m high Neolithic to Bronze Age mound with Körös, Tisza and medieval monastery layers.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Early Bronze to Iron Age (c.3000–600 BCE) · EB Bekaa → Middle Bronze → Iron
Western Bekaa foothill agrarian mound (3000–600 BCE) with Iron deep silos near Zahle.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Tell
Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) · Canaanite
Khirbet et-Tell Outlier in West Bank, Palestine is a Bronze Age (3300-1200 BCE) tell.