Wadi al-Muluk
E389977
Wadi al-Muluk is the Arabic name for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the famous necropolis where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in elaborately decorated rock-cut tombs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wadi al-Muluk canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805996 — 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: Wadi al-Muluk Context triple: [Valley of the Kings, hasAlternativeName, Wadi al-Muluk]
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A.
Wadi ad-Dawasir
Wadi ad-Dawasir is a town and oasis area in southern Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, known for its agriculture and location along a major desert valley.
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B.
Wadi an-Nar
Wadi an-Nar is the Arabic name for the Kidron Valley’s seasonal watercourse that runs between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.
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C.
Wadi Sirhan
Wadi Sirhan is a long, historically significant desert depression and caravan route in northern Arabia that has served as a key corridor between the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant.
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D.
Wadi Al-Fara
Wadi Al-Fara is a town in Saudi Arabia’s Al Madinah Province, known for its location along a seasonal valley (wadi) in the western part of the country.
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E.
Wadi es-Sebua
Wadi es-Sebua is an archaeological site in southern Egypt notable for its rock-cut New Kingdom temples, including one built by Ramesses II and relocated during the Nubian monuments salvage campaign.
- 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: Wadi al-Muluk Target entity description: Wadi al-Muluk is the Arabic name for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the famous necropolis where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in elaborately decorated rock-cut tombs.
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A.
Wadi ad-Dawasir
Wadi ad-Dawasir is a town and oasis area in southern Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, known for its agriculture and location along a major desert valley.
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B.
Wadi an-Nar
Wadi an-Nar is the Arabic name for the Kidron Valley’s seasonal watercourse that runs between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.
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C.
Wadi Sirhan
Wadi Sirhan is a long, historically significant desert depression and caravan route in northern Arabia that has served as a key corridor between the Arabian Peninsula and the Levant.
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D.
Wadi Al-Fara
Wadi Al-Fara is a town in Saudi Arabia’s Al Madinah Province, known for its location along a seasonal valley (wadi) in the western part of the country.
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E.
Wadi es-Sebua
Wadi es-Sebua is an archaeological site in southern Egypt notable for its rock-cut New Kingdom temples, including one built by Ramesses II and relocated during the Nubian monuments salvage campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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necropolis ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ valley ⓘ |
| ArabicNameOf | Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| burialPlaceOf |
Amenhotep II
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Horemheb ⓘ Merenptah ⓘ
linked to:
Merneptah
Ramesses II ⓘ Ramesses III ⓘ Ramesses IX ⓘ Ramesses VI ⓘ Seti I ⓘ Thutmose III ⓘ Tutankhamun ⓘ nobles of the New Kingdom ⓘ pharaohs of the New Kingdom ⓘ |
| contains |
KV11
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KV14 ⓘ KV17 ⓘ KV34 ⓘ KV35 ⓘ KV47 ⓘ KV5 ⓘ KV57 ⓘ KV62 ⓘ KV7 ⓘ KV8 ⓘ KV9 ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| eraOfMainUse | circa 16th century BCE to 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Egyptian Antiquities Service
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni ⓘ Howard Carter ⓘ Theodore M. Davis ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | restricted archaeological area with regulated tourism ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
corridor tombs
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elaborately decorated tomb walls ⓘ rock-cut tombs ⓘ underground burial chambers ⓘ |
| inscribedOn |
UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
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linked to:
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
|
| knownFor |
ancient Egyptian funerary art
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astronomical ceiling decorations ⓘ hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ well-preserved royal tombs ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Luxor Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Luxor ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| overlookedBy |
Deir el-Bahari cliffs
ⓘ
linked to:
Deir el-Bahri
al-Qurn peak ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| usedAs | royal burial ground ⓘ |
| usedDuringDynasty |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
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19th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to:
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
20th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wadi al-Muluk Description of subject: Wadi al-Muluk is the Arabic name for Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the famous necropolis where many pharaohs of the New Kingdom were buried in elaborately decorated rock-cut tombs.
Referenced by (1)
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