🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Selenkahiyeh
Jemdet Nasr to EB III (c.3100–2300 BCE) · Uruk-derived → EBA Euphrates → Akkadian sphere
Major Early Bronze I–III town (14 ha, 12 m high) on the Euphrates Tabqa bend, excavated by Mauritz van Loon. EB I–II pro...
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tall-e Gazir
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
Tepe Asiya — Kifri Neolithic 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.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Bagasra — Pipal Harappan Town
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Bagasra — Pipal Harappan Town in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Harappan walled town 2 ha on Bagasra plain with bone industry.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
Tell Basmusian
Samarran to Halaf (c.6200–5000 BCE) · Samarran → Hassuna–Halaf (Basmusian)
Dokan Samarran-Hassuna village (6200–5000 BCE) on Dokan southeast plain.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Tell
Vésztő-Mágor Tell and Monastery
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.
🇮🇳 India · Tell
Qila Mubarak Mound — Patiala
Early Historic (600 BCE–300 CE) · Painted Grey Ware–Sunga
Qila Mubarak Mound — Patiala in Punjab, India is a Early Historic (600 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Painted Grey Ware–Sunga. Citadel mound under Qila Mubarak with PGW and Sunga terracottas.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Arbid
Ninevite 5 to Islamic (c.3000 BCE–1200 CE; peak Akkadian–Mitanni) · Ninevite 5 → Akkadian → Khabur ware → Mitanni → Neo-Assyrian
Multi-period Jazira tell (12 ha, 15 m high) in the Khabur triangle, Polish-Syrian excavations by Piotr Bieliński. Sequen...
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Tell
Tell Hizzin
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.
🇮🇷 Iran · Tell
Tepe Ganj Dareh
Aceramic to Pottery Neolithic (c.8000–7500 BCE; cluster horizon) · Zagros PPN cluster (Ganj Dareh variant)
Harsin satellite PPN hamlet (8000 BCE) 2 km west of classic Ganj Dareh.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Qannas
Early Bronze to Middle Bronze (c.3000–1500 BCE) · EB Euphrates urban → Middle Bronze Amorite
Euphrates terrace walled city (3000–1500 BCE) in Hadidi bend, now under Lake Assad.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Tell
Kholm (Tashkurgan) — Bactrian Mound Fort
Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–300 CE) · Bactrian
Kholm (Tashkurgan) — Bactrian Mound Fort in Samangan Province, Afghanistan is a Achaemenid to Kushan (500 BCE–300 CE) tell attributed to Bactrian. Tell mound 10 ha at Kholm on Balkh river road.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Tell
Yunatsite Tell — Northern Terrace Variant
Late Chalcolithic · Karanovo VI / Gumelnița
Northern terrace of Yunatsite tell (c. 5000–4100 BCE), 12 m high mound with Chalcolithic destruction layers, copper metallurgy and fortification, extension of main tell showing violent end c.
🇭🇺 Hungary · Tell
Polgár-Csőszhalom Tell Complex
Late Neolithic · Tisza / Csőszhalom
Late Neolithic double tell-horizontal settlement (c. 4800–4500 BCE) on Tisza floodplain, 28 ha with tell core 2 m high, ditch enclosures and 4 m deep well.
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Mohammed Diyab
Halaf to Islamic (c.5900 BCE–1200 CE) · Halaf-Ubaid → Ninevite 5 → Mitanni → Assyrian
Jazira tell (8 ha, 12 m high) on the Jaghjagh, French excavations by Jean-Marie Castel. Sequence Ninevite 5 to Islamic w...
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort
Kot Diji–Harappan (3300–1900 BCE) · Kot Diji–Harappan
Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji–Harappan (3300–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji–Harappan.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Tell
Belo Brdo — Vinča Type Site
Late Neolithic · Vinča
Eponymous tell of Vinča culture (c. 5700–4500 BCE) on Danube bank, 10 m high stratified mound with 9 m cultural deposit, pit houses, kilns and famous Vinča figurines, script-like signs and early…
🇸🇾 Syria · Tell
Tell Kashkashok II
Proto-Hassuna to Ubaid (c.6200–4200 BCE) · Hassuna–Samarra → Halaf → Ubaid
Small Neolithic tell in the Upper Khabur near the Wadi Jaghjagh, excavated by Takuya Matsutani. Stratified Proto-Hassuna...
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Judeirjo-Daro — Sindh Harappan Walled Town
Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) · Harappan
Judeirjo-Daro — Sindh Harappan Walled Town in Sindh, Pakistan is a Mature Harappan (2600–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Walled Harappan town 14 ha with citadel.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Fortress
Tell el-Retaba (Wadi Tumilat Fortress)
Second Intermediate to Saite (c. 1800–525 BCE; Hyksos–Ramesside fortress) · Hyksos / New Kingdom Egyptian (Ramesside)
Wadi Tumilat gate fortress claimed as biblical Pithom/Succoth, with Hyksos glacis and Ramesside Tjeku fortress of Seti I (Pr-Atum). Excavated by Naville, Petrie and Polish mission...
🇲🇽 Mexico · Tell
Tepeticpac (Tlaxcala hill town)
Prehistoric · Regional Chalcolithic-EBA
Tepeticpac (Tlaxcala hill town) — buried prehistoric tell/village at Tlaxcala State.
🇵🇰 Pakistan · Tell
Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound
Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE) · Kot Diji
Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji. Mound with Kot Diji pottery south of Gumla.
🇳🇬 Nigeria · Tell
Unj Goza Mound
Gajiganna to Kanem (1800 BCE–800 CE) · Gajiganna / Kanem-Bornu
Lake Chad basin tell 12 m high with Gajiganna sequence 1800 BCE–800 CE.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11
Period Classical · Regional culture Mideast-Tell
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Mideast 107 — Turkey Region 11 in Turkey Region 11, Turkey is a Iron Age tell with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.