Sites of Ancient Mesopotamia

Hacinebi Tepe (Turkey)
The archaeological site of Hacinebi Tepe is located in southeastern Turkey, on the bluffs overlooking the east bank of the Euphrates River.

Al-Rawda (Syria)
The archaeological site of Al-Rawda is an outlier of the northern Mesopotamian civilization located in the dry steppe zone of interior Syria southeast of Aleppo.

Ancient Architecture of Babylon
A photo tour of the ancient city of Babylon, from Daniel O'Connell, Gunnery Sergeant, USMC and Jackie Craven, your About guide to Architecture.

Chogha Mish (Iran)
The archaeological site of Chogha Mish is located in the Khuzistan Province of Iran (Susiana Plain)

Eridu
From Timothy Kelley at the Massachusetts College of Art, a collection of temple reconstructions and site plans for the most ancient of Sumerian sites at Tell Abu Shahrain.

Iraq's Marsh Arabs: Tell Al-Hiba
A report from the University of Pennsylvania Museum by Edward Ochsenschlager on his ethno-archaeological work at the Sumerian site known as al-Hiba.

Nineveh (Iraq)
Nineveh, capital city of the Assyrian empire, is located in the modern city of Mosul, Iraq.

Pasargadae (Iran)
Pasargadae was the ancient capital city of the Achmaenid Dynasty built by Cyrus II (also known as Cyrus the Great) in the 6th century BC.

Patterns of Occupation at Nippur
A 1992 paper by McGuire Gibson on the archaeological investigations at the Mesopotamian site of Nippur, on file at the Oriental Institute's website.

Royal Treasures of Ur
Leonard Woolley excavated Ur (also known as Tell al-Muqqayar) in the early decades of the 20th century. His fabulous collection is soon to be on display at the University of Pennsylvania's Museum.

Titris Hoyuk (Turkey)
Titris Hoyuk was the capital of a northern Mesopotamian (Akkad) city-state, which reached its heyday during the Early Bronze Age.

Tell Brak (Syria)
Tell Brak was a Mesopotamian center during the Late Chalcolithic period.

Tepe Gawra (Iraq)
The site of Tepe Gawra is a Mesopotamian city in northern Iraq, fifteen kilometers from the modern town of Mosul.

Ur
The archaeological ruins of the Mesopotamian capital city of Ur, also known as Tell al-Muqayyar, is located near the modern town of Nasiriya in southern Iraq.

Uruk (Iraq)
The ancient Mesopotamian capital of Uruk is located on an abandoned channel of the Euphrates river about 155 miles south of Baghdad.