Nimrud

Nimrud (/nɪmˈruːd/; Arabic: النمرود‎) is the later Arab name for the ancient Assyrian city originally known as Kalhu, located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية‎), in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in a strategic position 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the point that the river Tigris meets its tributary the Great Zab. The city covered an area of 360 hectares (890 acres). The ruins of the city were found within one kilometre (1,100 yd) of the modern-day Assyrian village of Noomanea in Nineveh Province, Iraq. This is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Mosul.

Archaeological excavations at the site began in 1845, and were conducted at intervals between then and 1879, and then from 1949 onwards. Many important pieces were discovered, with most being moved to museums in Iraq and abroad. In 2013 the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council established the "Nimrud Project" in order to identify and record the history of the world's collection of artefacts from Nimrud, distributed amongst at least 76 museums worldwide (including 36 in the United States and 13 in the United Kingdom).

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British Museum reveals secrets of ancient Assyrian ruler

Arabnews 20 Jun 2018

“This exhibition will bring visitors face to face with a king whose reign shaped the history of the ancient world.” Many of the items on display originate from archaeological sites in Iraq, including Nineveh and Nimrud, cities recently ravaged by Daesh when the group stormed the ancient sites armed with sledgehammers and drills....

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British Museum show focusses on Assyrian antiquities targeted by Islamic State

The Art Newspaper 19 Jun 2018

A forthcoming British Museum exhibition on Assyria will draw attention to the recent destruction of antiquities in Iraq ... Loans are coming from museums in Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Yerevan (Armenia), Vatican City and Nicosia ... The show ends by highlighting the challenges faced in protecting Iraq’s cultural heritage, particularly after the destruction wrought by IS at Nineveh (on the outskirts of Mosul) and Nimrud in 2015 ... ....

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British Museum examines Assyrian king dubbed the ‘psychopathic bookworm’

Belfast Telegraph 19 Jun 2018

The British Museum has unveiled plans for an exhibition on the “forgotten figure” who was once “the most powerful person on Earth” – King Ashurbanipal. The 7th-century king, a “complicated character”, ruled the Assyrian Empire from its capital in modern-day northern Iraq ... I Am Ashurbanipal ... Many of the objects come from archaeological sites such as Nineveh and Nimrud which have since been targeted and destroyed by Islamic State ... ....

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British Museum shines light on Assyrian 'king of the world'

The Guardian 19 Jun 2018

Ashurbanipal, a ‘psychopathic bookworm’, ruled a vast empire in the 7th century BC ... People today don’t know it.” ... Twitter. Ashurbanipal was a complex often misrepresented figure ... Twitter ... The exhibition is supported by the Iraqi government, and the museum said many of the objects in the show came from archaeological sites in Iraq such as Nineveh and Nimrud, which more recently have been targeted and destroyed by Islamic State ... ....

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London's Whitechapel Gallery and Turin's Castello di Rivoli to hold joint Rakowitz survey

The Art Newspaper 12 Jun 2018

The show will be organised by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Iwona Blazwick, the directors of the respective institutions ... He describes his work at Art Basel, Room N, Northwest Palace of Nimrud (2018), as “a double iconoclasm”, adding that “institutions like the British Museum and others acquired many of these reliefs. What remained ended up being destroyed by Isis .” ... ....

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Google and the World Monuments Fund highlight Iraqi heritage under threat

The Art Newspaper 06 Jun 2018

Launched on the Google Arts & Culture platform today, the project includes drone footage of ancient sites and structures like the ziggurat in Borsippa and the Archway of Ctesiphon, 3D models of now lost architecture, like Babylon’s famous Ishtar Gate, and documentation of sites that have been damaged or destroyed by Isis, including Nimrud, Hatra and Mosul ... Eventually people will forget and the city will change face.” ... ....

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How the super rich used to live: British Museum exhibition in Hong Kong of ancient ...

South China Morning Post 12 May 2018

A touring British Museum exhibition on the wealthy ruling classes of ancient Middle Eastern empires offers a splendid display of objects found at historic sites such as Nimrud and Nineveh. The exhibition has made Hong Kong its first stop (at the Museum of History) before moving on to Spain, and is another example of how the British Museum is a pioneer in presenting history through objects in engaging ways ... ....

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Ten Foreign ISIS Wives Given Death Sentences; 10 Others Killed in Iraq

Antiwar 30 Apr 2018

>. Ten women were given death sentences in an Iraqi court on Sunday for their participation in the Islamic State. Six are from Azerbaijan, and four are from Tajikistan. Nineteen Russian women were sentenced to life in prison; dozens more are awaiting trial ... A landmine near Amara wounded two shepherds ... In Nimrud, security officials killed three militants ... ....

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‘One of the most important’ sets of Middle East artifacts unveiled

The Guardian 19 Apr 2018

A three-year renovation at the Penn Museum introduces a $5m collection of nearly 1,200 objects, many of which will be on public view for the first time ... Top of the pots ... Read more ... Twitter ... The last 3,000 or so years are covered in less depth, but significant works include a monumental relief of a genie, circa 883 to 859BC, from the palace of Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud – a site the Islamic State largely destroyed in 2015 ... ....

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Security forces discover IS plan to blow up ancient Tal Afar citadel

Kurdistan24 11 Apr 2018

In a video released by the Islamic State (IS) in 2015, members dismantle a relief sculpture as part of their destruction of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud, in Nineveh province. (Photo. Social Media) ... ....

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Looted is a loaded word – but shouldn't the cultural wonders of the ancient world be admired in their country of origin?

The National 05 Apr 2018

Imagine how surprised he might have been, therefore, to discover that instead, he would be sitting out the afterlife in a display case in a small provincial museum in Ipswich, a town in the east of England ... The British Museum alone has more than 100,000 items from Egypt and 170,000 from Mesopotamia, where generations of British archaeologists helped themselves to the treasures of Babylon, Nineveh and Nimrud ... “Looted” is a loaded word....

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UK archaeologists help Iraqis restore their Isis-ravaged heritage

The Guardian 01 Apr 2018

After a conflict that saw Isis jihadists destroy large parts of Iraq’s archaeological heritage – including the historic sites at Nimrud and Nineveh – the museum will in April begin a training programme for eight women from the Mosul area, most of whom have been living as refugees ... In Nimrud we are talking about 80% while there was also huge destruction too in Nebi Yunis,” said Rey....

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An ancient Assyrian symbol standing proud on a London plinth is a powerful symbol of all the wrongs committed by British troops in Iraq

The National 29 Mar 2018

On Wednesday a winged bull with the head of a bearded man alighted in the heart of London ... It was being “typically, absurdly British – adhering to principles that others have ignored” ... _______________ ... Two displaced examples have stood in the British Museum since they were excavated at Nimrud 170 years ago this month by the archaeologist Sir Austen Henry Layard, who shipped them back to the UK along with 22,000 other treasures ... ....

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