Nimrud

American  

[nim-rood] / nɪmˈrud /

noun

1. modern name of the site of the ancient city of Kalakh.

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Nimrud British  

/ nɪmˈruːd /

noun

1. an ancient city in Assyria, near the present-day city of Mosul (Iraq): founded in about 1250 _bc and destroyed by the Medes in 612 _bc ; excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard

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Example Sentences

A graduate of the program now heads the Iraq government’s assessment team, which is surveying damage to the recently recaptured site of the ancient city of Nimrud, near Mosul.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2017

But seven decades later, one of her favorite places - Nimrud - is in danger as never before.

From Washington Times • Jan. 6, 2017

Assyrian capital of Nimrud, south of Mosul, from the militant group.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2016

As Lowe contemplated the digital restoration of Nimrud, he noted that even the British Museum’s lion was substantially changed from its initial state.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016

The most famous inscription of this king is the one on the so-called Black Obelisk, an alabaster monolith found at Nimrud in 1846.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl