Valley of the Cheesemakers

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The Valley of the Cheesemakers is the ancient name for Jerusalem’s Tyropoeon Valley, a central ravine that historically divided parts of the city.

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Label Occurrences
Valley of the Cheesemakers canonical 3

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
historical place name
valley
associatedWithPeriod Second Temple Judaism
surface form: Second Temple period

Jerusalem
surface form: ancient Jerusalem
divides central areas of Jerusalem
western and eastern parts of ancient Jerusalem
etymologyRelatedTo cheese production
cheesemakers
hasAlternativeName Jordan River
surface form: Tyropoeon

Tyropoeon Valley
Tyropoeon Valley
surface form: Valley of the Tyropoeon
hasCurrentStatus largely filled in and built over
hasTopographicalRole central ravine of Jerusalem
hasTopographicalType ravine
historicalNameFor Tyropoeon Valley
locatedIn Israel
Jerusalem
Levant region
surface form: Levant

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
mentionedIn historical descriptions of Jerusalem
nameLanguage English
nameMeaning Valley of the Cheesemakers self-link
partOf Jerusalem topography
watershed system of Jerusalem
referencedBy archaeologists studying Jerusalem
biblical geographers
relatedTo City of David archaeological area
surface form: City of David

Mount of Olives
surface form: Eastern Hill of Jerusalem

Temple Mount
Western Hill of Jerusalem
runsThrough downtown Jerusalem
surface form: central Jerusalem
significance helped define the urban layout of ancient Jerusalem
important feature in archaeological reconstruction of Jerusalem
terrain steep-sided ravine in antiquity
urbanDevelopmentImpact later urbanization obscured original valley contours
usedBy ancient inhabitants of Jerusalem

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Tyropoeon Valley knownInAntiquityAs Valley of the Cheesemakers
Valley of the Cheesemakers nameMeaning Valley of the Cheesemakers self-link
Western Hill of Jerusalem oppositeOf Valley of the Cheesemakers