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  • Nimrud

  • Nimrud

    Nimrud is the Arabic name for the ancient Assyrian city originally known as Kalhu, located in the Nineveh plains in northern Iraq. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BC and 610 BC. The ruins of the city were destroyed in 2015.
    The site is included on the UNESCO Tentative List under the official name, Nimrud.
    UNESCO Tentative List
    Nimrud
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    Nimrud

    UNESCO Tentative List

    Date of Submission

    2000

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    Historic Cities and Regions

    Location

    Iraq

    Nineveh

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    Second Millennium BC

    Assyrian

    Assyrian

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    Assyrian Monuments

     

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