🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Khan Arnabah
Khan Arnabah also spelt Khan Arnabeh and historically known as al-Uraynba, is a town in southwestern Syria, administratively part of the Quneitra Governorate (Golan Heights), in the portion of the…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Mari — Tell Hariri Ziggurat and Palace Mound
Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2900–1759 BCE) · Sumerian, Amorite
Legendary Euphrates emporium at Tell Hariri, 120 km south-east of Deir ez-Zor, capital of Amorite kingdom under Yahdun-Lim and Zimri-Lim, sacked by Hammurabi 1761 BCE, freezing palace archive of…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Maydaa
Maydaa (Arabic: ميدعا) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Sulaymānī
Tall Sulaymānī (Arabic: تل سليماني) is a hill in Syria. It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Sabi Abyad Mound — Balikh
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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Leilan — Shekhna Mound Khabur
Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2600–1726 BCE) · North Mesopotamian (Akkadian provincial, Old Assyrian)
Tell Leilan — Shekhna Mound Khabur in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Khabur Triangle (ancient Shekhna/Shubat-Enlil), Syria is a Early Bronze to Old Babylonian (2600–1726 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed…
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient city
Al-Jarud
al-Jārūd was a small-town in the Wadi Hamar area, about 40 km east of the Balikh River in present-day Syria, inhabited during the 9th century.
🇸🇾 Syria · Ancient village
Babisqa
Babisqa (بابسقا) is a village in the Dead Cities of northwestern Syria. Its archaeological remains include two churches, large and small public baths, and a marketplace as well as unidentified…
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa (Arabic: كاتدرائية طرطوس) was a Catholic cathedral in the city of Tartus, Syria.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Blanc
Chastel Blanc (Arabic: برج صافيتا, Burj Safita or Safita Tower) is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. It was built by the Knights Templar during the Crusades upon prior fortifications.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Rouge
Chastel Rouge, also called Qal’at Yahmur (Arabic: قلعة يحمور, Castle of Yahmur), is a small Crusader stronghold in the North West of Syria that belonged to the County of Tripoli.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Fafertin
Fafertin (Arabic: فافرتين; Kurdish: Fafirtîn) is a village in northwestern Syria, located in the Jebel Sem'an region of the Dead Cities.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Al-Hamidiya
Tall Al-Hamidiya (also Tell Hamidiya, Tell Hamidiye, and Tell Hamidi) is an ancient Near Eastern archeological site the upper Hābūr region of modern-day Syria in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on a loop…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Beydar Mound — Nagar Nasiriyah
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…
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Mozan — Urkesh Pyramid Temple
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 · Tell
Tell Sakka
Early Bronze Age III–IV (c.2600–2000 BCE) · Southern Syria EB (Ghouta palace culture)
Ghouta EB palace 8 ha (c.2600–2000 BCE, wall paintings, double enceinte) 18 km SE Damascus.
🇸🇾 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.
🇸🇾 Syria · Pyramid
Tell Ajaja (Ancient Shadikanni) — Neo-Assyrian Palace Mound and Temple Terrace
Early Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (2500–609 BCE) · Hurrian–Mitanni to Neo-Assyrian
Multi-period tell 30 m high on Khabur bend, capital of Shadikanni kingdom (1050–600 BCE) succeeded by Neo-Assyrian palace terrace (Adad-nirari II to Ashurbanipal).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Harrat al-Sham Kite Chain
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · PPN pastoralists
58-kite chain (8000–5500 BCE) along Harrat al-Sham — cross-border spine of kite province.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Chuera — Steinbau Temple Terrace
Early Bronze Age (3000–2200 BCE) · Early Syrian (Kranzhügel)
Chuera excavated by Moortgat 1958–76 and Meyer, rare stone temple on tell, double wall with gates, early palace.