ancient city of Kalhu

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/ancient_city_of_Kalhu
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Nimrud
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Nimrud
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Neo-Assyrian_Empire
gptkbp:capitalPeriodEnd c. 706 BCE
c. 879 BCE
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:ISIS
gptkbp:destructionYear 2015
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 30 km south
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
1845
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Shalmaneser_I
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label ancient city of Kalhu
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:monument
gptkb:Fort_Shalmaneser
gptkb:Northwest_Palace
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_III
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:significance Assyrian
cuneiform tablets
lamassu statues
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Northwest_Palace_at_Nimrud
gptkb:palace_of_Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6