Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis

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Punic settlement World Heritage Site ancient town archaeological site

The Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Carthaginian coastal settlement in northeastern Tunisia, notable for its intact urban layout, houses, and burial grounds that offer rare insight into Punic civilization.

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Label	Occurrences
Kerkouane	2
Kerkouane and its necropolis	1
Kerkouane necropolis	1
Kerkouane town	1
Kerkouane village	1
Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127312 — 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.

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Target entity: Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
Context triple: [Tunisia, UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInCountry, Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis]

A. Archaeological Site of Carthage
The Archaeological Site of Carthage is the extensive remains of the ancient Phoenician and later Roman city of Carthage, a major Mediterranean power and historic rival of Rome, located near modern Tunis.
B. Dougga / Thugga
Dougga (Thugga) is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman and pre-Roman city in northern Tunisia, renowned for its monumental ruins such as its theater, Capitol, and temples.
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.
D. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
E. El Jem Amphitheatre
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.
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: Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
Target entity description: The Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Carthaginian coastal settlement in northeastern Tunisia, notable for its intact urban layout, houses, and burial grounds that offer rare insight into Punic civilization.

A. Archaeological Site of Carthage
The Archaeological Site of Carthage is the extensive remains of the ancient Phoenician and later Roman city of Carthage, a major Mediterranean power and historic rival of Rome, located near modern Tunis.
B. Dougga / Thugga
Dougga (Thugga) is an exceptionally well-preserved ancient Roman and pre-Roman city in northern Tunisia, renowned for its monumental ruins such as its theater, Capitol, and temples.
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.
D. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
E. El Jem Amphitheatre
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Punic settlement ⓘ World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedCenturyBC	3rd century BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Carthaginian civilization ⓘ linked to: Carthage
country	Tunisia ⓘ
culture	Punic ⓘ
discoveredInCentury	20th century ⓘ
floruitCenturyBC	3rd century BC ⓘ 4th century BC ⓘ
hasFeature	bath installations ⓘ burial chambers ⓘ courtyard houses ⓘ drainage system ⓘ harbour-related structures ⓘ orthogonal street plan ⓘ sanitary installations ⓘ stone-built houses ⓘ tombs ⓘ workshops ⓘ
hasPart	Kerkouane necropolis ⓘ linked to: Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis Kerkouane town ⓘ linked to: Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	1985 ⓘ
knownFor	Punic necropolis ⓘ exceptional state of preservation ⓘ insight into Punic daily life ⓘ intact urban layout ⓘ well-preserved domestic architecture ⓘ
locatedIn	Cap Bon Peninsula ⓘ Nabeul Governorate ⓘ northeastern Tunisia ⓘ
locatedOn	Cap Bon coast ⓘ linked to: Cap Bon Peninsula Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
management	National Heritage Institute of Tunisia ⓘ
nearbySettlement	Kerkouane village ⓘ linked to: Punic Town of Kerkouane and its Necropolis
notRebuiltAfter	Third Punic War ⓘ
partOf	Punic archaeological heritage of Tunisia ⓘ
period	Punic period ⓘ
significance	key source for understanding Punic funerary practices ⓘ key source for understanding Punic urbanism ⓘ rare example of an un-Romanized Punic town ⓘ
UNESCOcriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOregion	Arab States ⓘ linked to: Arab world
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	332 ⓘ

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