Tell Ezou is a prehistoric, Neolithic tell, about 2 hectares (220,000 sq ft) in size, located between Krak des Chevaliers and Homs, in Syria.

[2] The site was badly damaged in 2007 by new work done with flattening bulldozers; only the eastern part of one tell mound remained, with another cut in two, and one of the megalithic monuments had been completely destroyed in the process.

Pottery recovered was dated to the Bronze Age and obsidian was found in this area including twelve carved pieces.

13 x 13 ft) excavation which revealed a floor very near the surface that was semi-circular in shape and made of basalt stones with a diameter of approximately ten centimeters.

Lower still the team found another layer of architecture that they tentatively date to the Neolithic, this consisted of a dirt floor bounded by three walls that had been beaten until leveled.

The post hole was an equal distance from both long walls which are built directly on bedrock which is a natural layer of altered basalt.

Neolithic pottery of this level is made by hand and is very coarse with simple straight or sometimes ovoid form and notable for its lack of decor.

The archaeological material of this level has some similarities to those of Al Wakara 1 (H122) and Wadi Qawyak (H130), located in the basalt plain further east.

[3] Tell Ezou is located in a basaltic region with road access from Khirbet al-Hamam, where a well-preserved Bronze Age and Neolithic site awaits a more extensive excavation.

This may be their choice but they will have to clear the ancient blocks of basalt left over from prehistory, an obvious risk to the site, but at least Doctor Boustani's team has recorded something here for local, regional and global heritage.