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Nimrud (/
nɪmˈruːd/; Syriac: ܢܢܡܪܕ Arabic: النمرود) is an
ancient ****yrian city (original ****yrian name Kalḫu,
biblical name Calah)
located in Iraq, 30...
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Nimrud in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Nimrud is an
ancient city in
modern Iraq.
Nimrud may also
refer to:
Nimrud, Iran, a
village in Bezenjan...
- The
Nimrud lens, also
called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC
piece of rock
crystal which was
unearthed in 1850 by
Austen Henry Layard at the ****yrian...
- The
Nimrud Letters are an
archive of 244 Neo-****yrian and Neo-Babylonian
cuneiform letters found at
Nimrud in 1952
during the
excavations led by Max Mallowan...
- brutality,
using enslaved captives to
build a new ****yrian
capital at
Kalhu (
Nimrud) in
Mesopotamia where he
built many
impressive monuments.[citation needed]...
- The
Nimrud ivories are a
large group of
small carved ivory plaques and
figures dating from the 9th to the 7th
centuries BC that were
excavated from the...
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Borsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BAKI or Birs
Nimrud (having been
identified with Nimrod) is an
archeological site in
Babylon Governorate, Iraq built...
- Mona Lisa of
Nimrud refers to a
carved ivory piece of art
discovered in the city of
Nimrud in a
campaign of
excavation from 1949 to 1963, led by Sir Max...
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inscriptions in both
cuneiform and
Phoenician characters, were
discovered at
Nimrud. The
Nimrud ivories, an
important group of
small plaques which decorated furniture...
- Queens'
Tombs at
Nimrud are a set of four
tombs discovered by
Muzahim Hussein at the site of what was once the
ancient ****yrian city of
Nimrud. Once the capital...
