Search places, or jump to a section
Tagsiraq
82 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid through Ur III (c.5400–2000 BCE, ziggurat Ur III Amar-Sin) · Sumerian (Eridu / Ubaid type-site, Ur III)
Eridu (Tell Abu Shahrain) is traditionally the first city of Sumer (King List) with an 18-level temple sequence from Ubaid small shrine (≈5400 BCE) to Ur III ziggurat of Amar-Sin.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age, Uruk period (4000–3000 BCE) · Sumerian (Ubaid–Uruk–Jemdet Nasr)
The Anu Ziggurat at Uruk-Warka is the oldest known true ziggurat (≈4000 BCE), a massive mudbrick terrace 21 m high in the Anu district. The famed White Temple (c.3500–3000 BCE) sat on summit.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Akkadian (3000–2150 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala/ Akkadian frontier)
Southern Diyala town of Early Dynastic to Akkadian period dominated by 60x55 m Temple of Shara built on high mudbrick terrace (proto-ziggurat) with massive enclosure and two shrines (Shrine I and II)…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Old Babylonian (Isin-Larsa) 1950–1750 BCE · Babylonian (Isin-Larsa)
Old Babylonian fortified administrative town (c.1900–1750 BCE, Isin-Larsa to Hammurabi era) now Tell Harmal on Baghdad's eastern edge, dominated by central 25x25 m raised temple platform (ziggurat…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Jemdet Nasr to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Diyala)
Major Diyala valley city (3000–1800 BCE) with the iconic Temple Oval — 80x75 m double-walled oval enclosure with inner 36 m oval temple terrace rising 4 m — earliest oval ziggurat precursor (Jemdet…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (Classical Syriac: ܟܫܟܪ), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) · North Mesopotamian (Halaf-Ubaid, Uruk, Akkadian)
Tepe Gawra Mound — Erbil Plain in Nineveh Governorate / Kurdistan, Erbil plain, 25 km NE Mosul, Iraq is a Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age (5000–1500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to North…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE), High Temple Late Uruk 3500 BCE · Halaf-Ubaid-Uruk (Northern Mesopotamian)
Tall stratified tell 20 m high near Mosul, with Halaf-Ubaid to Early Dynastic sequence including the monumental High Temple terrace (Late-Uruk, c.3500 BCE) — mudbrick podium 11x10 m with niched…
🇮🇶 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 /…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) · Samarra culture
Tell es-Sawwan Pyramidal Mound in Saladin Governorate, Samarra region, east bank Tigris, Iraq is a Neolithic–Chalcolithic, Samarran (6000–5500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Samarra culture…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Hassuna–Samarran, Ubaid (6000–4800 BCE) · Samarra culture
Type mound for Samarran culture immediately south of Samarra on cliff overlooking Tigris floodplain, excavated by al-Adhami and Yasin (1964–69).
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa, Old Babylonian · Akkadian/Amorite — Old Babylonian
Mound in eastern Baghdad now within urban fringe, excavated by Taha Baqir (1945–63), preserving complete Old Babylonian administrative quarter with 3000 cuneiform tablets covering law, mathematics…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa (2600–1760 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Me-Turan / Simurrum)
Twin-mound Late Early Dynastic to Isin-Larsa city (Me-Turan) on Diyala-Adhaim confluence engulfed by Hamrin reservoir fringe.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1760 BCE), Isin-Larsa Eshnunna · Sumerian–Akkadian (Eshnunna Dynasts)
Capital of powerful Eshnunna kingdom (2100–1760 BCE) ruling Diyala and parts of Elam trade. Central tell holds Palace of the Rulers (45x38 m courtyard palace) and 32x30 m Shu-Sin (Ur III)…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Akkadian, Eshnunna, Babylonian
Provincial capital of Hamrin–Diyala corridor identified as Me-Turan, twin to Tell Haddad and Tell al-Sib excavated 1977–87 by Iraqi State Board before Hamrin Dam, yielding 3000 cuneiform tablets of…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Grai Resh is an ancient Near East archaeological site in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq just south of the Sinjar Mountains.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) · Amorite / Old Babylonian (Eshnunna kingdom)
Tell Harmal — Shaduppum Temple Mound in Baghdad eastern Diyala, Tell Harmal (ancient Shaduppum), Iraq is a Isin-Larsa / Old Babylonian (2000–1760 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Amorite / Old…
🇮🇶 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…
🇮🇶 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) +…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) · Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian
Tell al-Ubaid Mound — Eridu Region in Dhi Qar Governorate, 7 km west of Ur, Iraq is a Ubaid to Early Dynastic (5000–2500 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Ubaid culture + Early Dynastic Sumerian…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Tell Hassuna Mound — Nineveh Region in Nineveh Governorate, 35 km south of Mosul, Iraq is a Neolithic, Hassuna–Samarra–Halaf (6000–5400 BCE) pyramid/mound site attributed to Hassuna culture culture.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Proto-Hassuna, Hassuna, Samarran (6500–5500 BCE) · Hassuna culture
Between two wadis south-west of Mosul, this 1943–44 excavation by Seton Lloyd and Fuad Saffar defined the Hassuna culture — earliest ceramic Neolithic in northern Iraq — through 15 building levels.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Pyramid
Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian (3000–1750 BCE) · Sumerian–Akkadian (Kish)
Eastern mound of the Sumerian city-state Kish (3200–2200 BCE), once Sargon's capital, dominated by Early Dynastic III 60x45 m Temple Oval ziggurat-like terrace and later 3-stair Old Babylonian…
