Temple of Dakka
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The Temple of Dakka is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated primarily to the god Thoth, notable for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led rescue of Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan High Dam.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Temple of Dakka canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T117729 — 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: Temple of Dakka Context triple: [International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia, significantMonument, Temple of Dakka]
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Temple of Kalabsha
The Temple of Kalabsha is a large, well-preserved ancient Egyptian Nubian temple dedicated primarily to the god Mandulis, relocated in the 1960s to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.
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Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
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Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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Temple of Philae
The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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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.
- 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: Temple of Dakka Target entity description: The Temple of Dakka is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated primarily to the god Thoth, notable for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led rescue of Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan High Dam.
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A.
Temple of Kalabsha
The Temple of Kalabsha is a large, well-preserved ancient Egyptian Nubian temple dedicated primarily to the god Mandulis, relocated in the 1960s to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.
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B.
Temple of Amada
The Temple of Amada is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia, renowned as one of the region’s oldest surviving temples and noted for its finely preserved reliefs and inscriptions.
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C.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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D.
Temple of Philae
The Temple of Philae is an ancient Egyptian temple complex dedicated primarily to the goddess Isis, renowned for its elegant Ptolemaic architecture and its relocation to Agilkia Island to protect it from flooding by the Aswan High Dam.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian temple
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archaeological site ⓘ relocated monument ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Ptolemaic Egyptian architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Aswan High Dam project
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linked to:
Aswan High Dam
Nubian archaeology ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | Ptolemaic period ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Thoth ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
cult center of Thoth
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religious temple ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryDeity | Thoth ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
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linked to:
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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| locatedIn | Lower Nubia ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Nubia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Aswan High Dam ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west bank of the Nile (originally) ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dedication to the god Thoth
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relocation during UNESCO-led Nubian monuments rescue ⓘ |
| originallyLocatedIn | Nubia ⓘ |
| partOf | Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | New Nubia sites near Lake Nasser ⓘ |
| relocationCampaign | UNESCO Nubian monuments rescue campaign ⓘ |
| relocationPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
construction of the Aswan High Dam
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flooding from Lake Nasser ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Temple of Dakka Description of subject: The Temple of Dakka is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated primarily to the god Thoth, notable for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led rescue of Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan High Dam.
Referenced by (13)
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