KV15
E402436
KV15 is the ancient Egyptian tomb of Pharaoh Seti II located in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KV15 canonical | 2 |
| tomb of Seti II (KV15) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805945 — 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: KV15 Context triple: [Valley of the Kings, contains, KV15]
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A.
KV17
KV17 is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its large size and exceptionally well-preserved, richly decorated reliefs.
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B.
KV14
KV14 is a large, unusually long double tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, used for the burials of the pharaohs Tausret and Setnakhte.
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C.
KV11
KV11 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 20th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses III, notable for its extensive decoration and well-preserved reliefs.
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D.
KV35
KV35 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II and later housed a cache of royal mummies.
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E.
KV34
KV34 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, notable for its early New Kingdom decoration and unique plan.
- 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: KV15 Target entity description: KV15 is the ancient Egyptian tomb of Pharaoh Seti II located in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.
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A.
KV17
KV17 is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its large size and exceptionally well-preserved, richly decorated reliefs.
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B.
KV14
KV14 is a large, unusually long double tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, used for the burials of the pharaohs Tausret and Setnakhte.
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C.
KV11
KV11 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 20th Dynasty pharaoh Ramesses III, notable for its extensive decoration and well-preserved reliefs.
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D.
KV35
KV35 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II and later housed a cache of royal mummies.
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E.
KV34
KV34 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, notable for its early New Kingdom decoration and unique plan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
ⓘ
royal tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson | Seti II ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| belongsToArchaeologicalSite |
Valley of the Kings archaeological area
ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of the Kings
|
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| excavationStatus | known since antiquity ⓘ |
| governorate | Luxor Governorate ⓘ |
| hasAccess | via descending stairways and corridors ⓘ |
| hasAncientOwnerTitle |
Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
|
| hasBurialChamber | yes ⓘ |
| hasCorridorCount | multiple descending corridors ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | royal burial of the Ramesside period ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
depictions of deities
ⓘ
religious scenes ⓘ scenes of the king before gods ⓘ texts from funerary books ⓘ |
| hasDecorationStyle | Ramesside period tomb decoration ⓘ |
| hasEntranceType | cut into cliff face ⓘ |
| hasLayout | straight-axis tomb plan ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | limestone ⓘ |
| hasModernName | KV15 ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | roughly east–west ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryFunction | burial place of Pharaoh Seti II ⓘ |
| heritageContext | ancient Egyptian funerary architecture ⓘ |
| isNumberedWithin | Valley of the Kings numbering system ⓘ |
| isRockCut | yes ⓘ |
| isTouristSite | yes ⓘ |
| KVNumber | KV15 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Luxor ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| nearbyTombs |
KV14
ⓘ
other Valley of the Kings tombs ⓘ |
| owner | Seti II ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| tombOf | Seti II ⓘ |
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: KV15 Description of subject: KV15 is the ancient Egyptian tomb of Pharaoh Seti II located in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: KV15