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In archaeology, a tell, or tel ( Hebrew: תֵּלArabic: تَل, tall, 'hill' or 'mound'),[1][2] is an artificial mound formed from the accumulated refuse or deposits of people living on the same site for hundreds or thousands of years. A classic tell looks like a low, truncated cone with sloping sides[3] and can be up to 30 metres high.[4]

Tells are most commonly associated with the archaeology of the ancient Near East, Southeast Europe (Bulgaria[5] and Greece[6][7]), also reaching Central Asia and West Africa.[8] Within the Near East, they are concentrated in less arid regions, including Upper Mesopotamia, the Southern Levant, Anatolia and Iran.[4]

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Azerbaijan

Bulgaria

Egypt

Gaza Strip

Iran

Iraq

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Israel

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Jordan

Lebanon

Syria

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Turkey

United Arab Emirates

West Bank

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