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...

Kalhu Dasht (Persian: كلهودشت) may refer to: Kalhu Dasht-e Bala Kalhu Dasht-e Pain This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...

his brutality, using enslaved captives to build a new Assyrian capital at Kalhu (Nimrud) in Mesopotamia where he built many impressive monuments.[citation...

This article concerns the period 879 BC – 870 BC. 879 BC—Kalhu is dedicated. Some historians say that Assurnasirpal II gives a banquet for 69,574 persons...

king Ashurnasirpal II (ruled 883–859 BC) built a massive temple for him at Kalhu, which became his most important cult center from then on. In the epic poem...

succeeds him. 880 BC—Ashurnasirpal moves the Assyrian royal capital to Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq). Human-headed winged lion (lamassu) gateway supports...

Naphtali and Issachar) Betshean Bochim Byblos – Phoenician state Cabul Calah/Kalhu/Nimrud – Assyrian city Calneh – Assyrian city Cana – Galilee Canaan – Region...

any certain assumptions about his character. Excavations of his palace at Kalhu, one of the more important cities in the empire and a former capital, may...

Empire. The former major Assyrian capitals of Nineveh, Dur-Sharrukin and Kalhu (now Nimrud) were only sparsely populated during Achaemenid rule. Most Assyrian...

Kalhu Dasht-e Pain (Persian: كلهودشت پائين, also Romanized as Kalhū Dasht-e Pā’īn) is a village in Feyziyeh Rural District, in the Central District of...

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...

indicate she was venerated alongside Nabu in cities such as Borsippa and Kalhu. The theonym Tashmetum has Akkadian origin. It is derived from the root...

746 BC. Founding of Rome according to Livy's ab urbe condita A revolt in Kalhu brings Tiglath-Pileser III to the throne of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Jeroboam...

agriculture. If "Nisroch" is Ninurta, this would make Ninurta's temple at Kalhu the most likely location of Sennacherib's murder. Other scholars have attempted...

king Ahab, in reference to the Battle of Qarqar. He had built a palace at Kalhu (Biblical Calah, modern Nimrud), and left several editions of the royal...

cities. Ashur-nasir-pal II (884–859 BC) moved the capital from Assur to Kalhu (Calah/Nimrud) following a series of successful campaigns and produced some...

Kalhu Dasht-e Bala (Persian: كلهودشت بالا, also Romanized as Kalhū Dasht-e Bālā) is a village in Feyziyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Babol...

Ashur and Nuzi. Iron Age palaces and temples are found at the Assyrian (Kalhu/Nimrud, Khorsabad, Nineveh), Babylonian (Babylon), Urartian (Tushpa/Van...

many scenes in bas-relief and inscriptions. It comes from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq, and commemorates the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned...

statues of them were apparently located in the Nabû temple in Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, as referenced on a contemporary administrative text. He had the head, arms...

discoverer Hormuzd Rassam, was found on the citadel of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). It was erected by Ashurnasirpal II, though only survives in fragments...

ISBN 978-0813229652. Fincke, Jeanette C. "Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Kalḫu and Nineveh". In Frahm (2017). Fink, Sebastian (2020). "Invisible Mesopotamian...

century BC: Earrings, crown and rosettes, from the tomb of Queen Yabay in Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq) are made. They are now at Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Discovered...

notable places where the genies existed were Ashurnasirpal II’s palace Kalhu and Sargon II’s palace Dur-Sharrukin. They appear in the reliefs of the...

8th-century AD Muslim Arabs, including the ruins of the Assyrian city of Kalhu (the biblical Calah), which contrary to biblical claims was in reality built...

Siege engine in Assyrian relief of attack on an enemy town during the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III 743-720 BC from his palace at Kalhu (Nimrud)...

amid agricultural lands, close to the ruins of the ancient Assyrian cities Kalhu and Nineveh. Qaraqosh is connected to the main city of Mosul by two main...

the "world-temple" at Assur (Ehursagkurkurra), and founded the city of Kalhu (the biblical Calah/Nimrud). He was succeeded by his son Tukulti-Ninurta...

stela was discovered in the mid nineteenth century at the ancient site of Kalhu (now known as Nimrud) by the famous British archaeologist Austen Henry Layard...

of the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III Nimrud Tablet K.3751, also known as Kalhu Palace Summary Inscription 7 is an inscription on a clay tablet dated c...