Calah

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Calah
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Nimrud
gptkbp:biblicalName gptkb:Calah
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:ISIS
2015
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Shalmaneser_I
gptkbp:foundedIn 13th century BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Calah
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:modernLocation gptkb:Nimrud
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:monument
gptkb:Northwest_Palace
statues of winged bulls (lamassu)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Nineveh_Governorate
gptkbp:periodOfSignificance gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:servedAs Assyrian capital
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Nimrod
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5