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 | ||
| Hortobágy | ||
| Nisa | ||
| Qal'at al-Bahrain | ||
| 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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