Tell
A tell is a mound (often found in the Middle East) over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements
Connected Sites
Site | Rationale | Link |
Ahwar of Southern Iraq | Tell Eridu Archaeological Site | |
Aleppo | Mound of Al-Aquabah (which probably constitues the Tel of ancient Aleb) | |
Ancient Jericho | Tell es-Sultan | |
Ancient Kingdom of Saba | "Ma’rib now survives as a tell overlooking what was the Northern Oasis and separated from what was the Southern Oasis by the Wadi Dhana." (AB ev) | |
Arslantepe Mound | Arslantepe Mound is a 30-metre-tall archaeological tell located in the Malatya plain, 12 km south-west of the Euphrates River. (official description, Unesco website) | |
Ashur | ||
Babylon | The remains of the city are in present-day Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 kilometres (53 mi) south of Baghdad, comprising a large tell of broken mud-brick buildings and debris. wiki) | |
Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" | Tell Al-Kharrar (Elijah’s Hill) | |
Biblical Tells | ||
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | Tel Maresha | |
Djenné | From AB evaluation "The floods cover all but some hillocks; these are called toguere.....All these tells, which were a natural refuge from the flood waters, are potential archaeological sites and on that basis deserve to be protected." This refers to the Toguere of Djenne-Djeno and "Other toguere, such as at Hambarketolo, Tonomba and Kaniana..." | |
Erbil Citadel | ||
Göbekli Tepe | ||
Hegmataneh | Tell Hagmatana (Tappa-ye Hagmatana) | |
Hortobágy | ||
Nisa | ||
Qal'at al-Bahrain | ||
Tell Umm Amer | Part of the name | |
Troy | "The archaeological site of Troy consists of the hill of Hisarlik and the fields below it to the south. The hill is a tell, composed of strata containing the remains left behind by more than three millennia of human occupation" (wiki) | |
Çatalhöyük | two large tells (AB ev) |
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