Syria

Jerablus Tahtani

Tell settlement and fortress near Carchemish, late Uruk–Iron Age

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Jerablus Tahtani (formerly Tell Alawiyeh) is a small tell on the right bank of the Euphrates River four kilometers south of Carchemish in present-day Syria.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Noted by Leonard Woolley

early 1920s

Rescue excavations

1992–2000

Early occupation phase

middle 3rd millennium BC

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Defensive Structures

Defensive WallsFortresses
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Burial and Funerary Structures

Tombs
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

TownsVillages
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial Mounds
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Country

Syria

Coordinates

36.80° N, 38.02° E