Nimrud - Wikipedia
网页Nimrud (/ n ɪ m ˈ r uː d /; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an ancient Assyrian city (original Assyrian name Kalḫu, biblical name Calah) located in Iraq, 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh Plains in Upper ...
Kalhu / Nimrud - World History Encyclopedia
网页2014年8月3日 · Kalhu (also known as Caleh, Calah, and Nimrud, in modern-day northern Iraq) was a city in ancient Mesopotamia that became the capital of the Assyrian Empire under Ashurnasirpal II (r. 884-859 BCE) who...
Nimrud | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn …
网页The site of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), near Mosul in what is today northern Iraq, has a long history—the earliest known settlement there dates to the sixth millennium B.C.—but it is most famous as the ninth- and eighth-century B.C. capital of the Assyrian empire.
The Nimrud Ivories: Their Discovery & History
网页2015年1月24日 · The archaeologist William K. Loftus took over from Layard in 1854 CE and excavated Nimrud further discovering, among other treasures, the magnificent works of art known today as the Nimrud Ivories (also as the Loftus Ivories).
Assyria: Nimrud - British Museum
网页The Neo-Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BC) built his magnificent Northwest Palace at Nimrud. The site of Nimrud is located on the Tigris River in modern-day Iraq. Interior decoration of the palace featured a series of remarkable carved stone panels.
Unrivalled riches of Nimrud, capital of world's 'first' empire
网页2015年3月6日 · The Assyrian site of Nimrud - feared bulldozed by Islamic State militants - has yielded riches unrivalled in the ancient world, writes archaeologist Augusta McMahon.
Nimrud - The Treasures of the Queens - World Archaeology
网页2005年5月7日 · Nimrud is one of the great cities of the Assyrians who dominated Mesopotamia from the 10th century BC down to 612 BC when they were destroyed by the Medes and the Persians. In the Bible they appear as wicked rulers with wonderfully romantic names such as Tiglath-Pileser III.
The ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Irak - YouTube
网页2020年5月27日 · Nimrud, is one of the greatest ancient cities, and the capital of the world's first empire – the Assyrian Empire. The excavations revealed a formidable city with...
On and in the mound of Nimrud - Open Richly Annotated …
网页The archaeological site of Nimrud has been the subject of investigation since the 1840s — a similar length of time to its heyday as Assyria's most important royal city. In the 19th century Nimrud was particularly associated with the British Museum, in the 20th with the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, now the British Institute for the ...
Nimrud: Materialities of Assyrian Knowledge Production - The …
网页According to bricks found at the site, the ziggurat was dedicated to Ninurta, a warlike god whose name may be the origin of the modern site-name Nimrud. Ninurta also had a large temple built for him by Assurnasirpal II, next to the site of the future ziggurat ( …