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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.