El Jem Amphitheatre
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El Jem Amphitheatre is a massive, well-preserved Roman colosseum in central Tunisia, renowned as one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Jem Amphitheatre canonical | 5 |
| Amphitheatre of El Jem | 3 |
| Amphitheatre of El Djem | 1 |
| Amphitheatre of Thysdrus | 1 |
| El Djem amphitheatre | 1 |
| El Jem Roman amphitheatre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127304 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Jem Amphitheatre Context triple: [Tunisia, hasHistoricalSite, El Jem Amphitheatre]
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A.
Colosseum
The Colosseum is an iconic ancient Roman amphitheater in Rome, renowned for hosting gladiatorial contests and public spectacles and symbolizing the architectural grandeur of the Roman Empire.
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B.
Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
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C.
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
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D.
Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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E.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Jem Amphitheatre Target entity description: El Jem Amphitheatre is a massive, well-preserved Roman colosseum in central Tunisia, renowned as one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A.
Colosseum
The Colosseum is an iconic ancient Roman amphitheater in Rome, renowned for hosting gladiatorial contests and public spectacles and symbolizing the architectural grandeur of the Roman Empire.
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B.
Pantheon
The Pantheon is an ancient Roman temple in Rome renowned for its massive unreinforced concrete dome and oculus, and for being one of the best-preserved and most influential buildings of classical architecture.
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C.
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman city on the Mediterranean coast, renowned for its grand architecture and archaeological significance.
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D.
Temple of Dendur
The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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E.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman amphitheatre
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient monument ⓘ |
| ancientCityName | Thysdrus ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ancient Roman architecture ⓘ |
| builtInCity | Thysdrus ⓘ |
| condition | well-preserved ⓘ |
| constructionStartCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| constructionStartReignOf | Emperor Gordian III ⓘ |
| country | Tunisia ⓘ |
| governingBody | National Heritage Institute of Tunisia ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arena
ⓘ
radial passageways ⓘ subterranean galleries ⓘ tiered seating ⓘ vaulted corridors ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMuseum | El Jem Archaeological Museum ⓘ |
| height | about 36 metres ⓘ |
| heritageCriteria | Criterion (iv) ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionBy | UNESCO ⓘ |
| length | about 148 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
El Jem
ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Tunisia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | central Tunisia ⓘ |
| locatedInSubregion | North Africa ⓘ |
| locatedOnContinent | Africa ⓘ |
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| maximumCapacity | about 35000 spectators ⓘ |
| numberOfStoreys | 3 ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Africa Proconsularis
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| shape | elliptical ⓘ |
| significance |
one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments
ⓘ
one of the best-preserved Roman stone ruins in the world ⓘ one of the largest Roman amphitheatres in the world ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Colosseum in Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Colosseum
|
| touristAttraction | major tourist site in Tunisia ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 38 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1979 ⓘ |
| usedAs | filming location ⓘ |
| usedFor |
gladiatorial games
ⓘ
public spectacles ⓘ venationes ⓘ |
| width | about 122 metres ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: El Jem Amphitheatre Description of subject: El Jem Amphitheatre is a massive, well-preserved Roman colosseum in central Tunisia, renowned as one of North Africa’s most impressive ancient monuments and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
subject linked to:
eastern Tunisia
subject linked to:
eastern Tunisia
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre
subject linked to:
UNESCO World Heritage Site (amphitheatre)
linked to: El Jem Amphitheatre