Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be excavated from a Neolithic culture, later called the Halaf culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs.
Part of the excavated ruins of Tell Halaf
Hunting scene relief in basalt found at Tell Halaf, dated 850–830 BCE
This relief depicting a winged genie was once in the palace of King Kapara. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Statue of a male from the cult room at Tell Halaf, Late Hittite period. Today at the Adana Museum, Turkey
Ras al-Ayn, also spelled Ras al-Ain, is a city in al-Hasakah Governorate in northeastern Syria, on the Syria–Turkey border.
Ras al-Ayn
People in the city center
Orthodox church
A view in October 2013. The city fell under SDF control during the Syrian Civil War