Hegra
E202443
Hegra is an ancient Nabataean archaeological site in present-day Saudi Arabia, renowned for its well-preserved rock-cut tombs and monumental facades.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hegra canonical | 21 |
| Hegra archaeological site | 3 |
| Hegra Archaeological Site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1809736 — 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: Hegra Context triple: [Nabataean kingdom, notableSite, Hegra]
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A.
Vergina
Vergina is a village in northern Greece renowned for its ancient royal tombs, including those attributed to the Macedonian kings, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site.
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B.
Aigina
Aigina is the ancient Greek name for the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, known historically as a significant maritime and commercial center.
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C.
Valley of the Temples
The Valley of the Temples is a renowned archaeological park near Agrigento in Sicily, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples and classical ruins.
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D.
Epidaurus
Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
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E.
Daulis
Daulis was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with various local myths and traditions.
- 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: Hegra Target entity description: Hegra is an ancient Nabataean archaeological site in present-day Saudi Arabia, renowned for its well-preserved rock-cut tombs and monumental facades.
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A.
Vergina
Vergina is a village in northern Greece renowned for its ancient royal tombs, including those attributed to the Macedonian kings, and is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site.
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B.
Aigina
Aigina is the ancient Greek name for the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf, known historically as a significant maritime and commercial center.
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C.
Valley of the Temples
The Valley of the Temples is a renowned archaeological park near Agrigento in Sicily, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved ancient Greek temples and classical ruins.
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D.
Epidaurus
Epidaurus is an ancient Greek city renowned for its healing sanctuary of Asclepius and its remarkably well-preserved theater, a masterpiece of classical architecture and acoustics.
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E.
Daulis
Daulis was an ancient Greek city in the region of Phocis, known from classical sources and associated with various local myths and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nabataean settlement
ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedBy | late antiquity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Al-Hijr
ⓘ
Madain Salih ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Hijr (Madain Salih)
Mada’in Salih ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Hijr (Madain Salih)
|
| ancientName | Hegra ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Al-‘Uzza
ⓘ
Dushara ⓘ |
| climate | arid desert ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culture | Nabataean ⓘ |
| distanceFromAlUla | approximately 20 km north ⓘ |
| excavationBegan | 20th century ⓘ |
| floruit | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| geology | sandstone outcrops ⓘ |
| governingBody | Royal Commission for AlUla ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
defensive structures
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ monumental facades ⓘ quarries ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ water management system ⓘ wells ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguages |
Greek
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Nabataean Aramaic ⓘ Thamudic ⓘ
linked to:
Safaitic Arabic
|
| locatedIn |
Al-Hijaz
ⓘ
linked to:
Hejaz
AlUla Governorate ⓘ Medina Region ⓘ
linked to:
Al Madinah Province
northwestern Saudi Arabia ⓘ
linked to:
Al Jawf Region
|
| locatedOn |
ancient incense trade route
ⓘ
frankincense trade route ⓘ |
| notableTomb |
Qasr al-Farid
ⓘ
Tomb of Lihyan, Son of Kuza ⓘ |
| numberOfTombs |
more than 100 rock-cut tombs
ⓘ
over 100 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nabataean Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Nabataean kingdom
|
| period |
1st century BCE
ⓘ
1st century CE ⓘ |
| recognizedAsFirstUNESCOSiteIn | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| religionInAntiquity | polytheism ⓘ |
| tourismType |
cultural tourism
ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 1293 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2008 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hegra Description of subject: Hegra is an ancient Nabataean archaeological site in present-day Saudi Arabia, renowned for its well-preserved rock-cut tombs and monumental facades.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hegra
linked to: Hegra
linked to: Hegra