Royal Tomb at Amarna

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archaeological site rock-cut tomb royal tomb

The Royal Tomb at Amarna is the rock-cut sepulchre in Akhetaten that served as the primary royal burial place for the pharaoh Akhenaten and members of his family during Egypt’s Amarna Period.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Tomb of Akhenaten	2
Amarna Royal Tomb	1
Amarna Royal Tomb 26	1
Royal Tomb at Amarna canonical	1
Royal Tomb at Amarna (probable)	1
Royal Tomb of Akhenaten at Amarna	1
Royal Tomb of Akhenaten in Amarna	1
Royal Wadi at Amarna	1
Royal tomb of Akhenaten at Amarna	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4529386 — 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: Royal Tomb at Amarna
Context triple: [Akhenaten, burialPlace, Royal Tomb at Amarna]

A. Tomb of Kha and Merit
The Tomb of Kha and Merit is an exceptionally well-preserved 18th Dynasty Egyptian burial of an architect and his wife, renowned for its intact funerary goods that offer a vivid glimpse into elite daily life and mortuary practices.
B. Tomb of Nefertari
The Tomb of Nefertari is the lavishly decorated burial place of Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and vibrant wall paintings.
C. Tomb of Amunherkhepshef
The Tomb of Amunherkhepshef is an ancient Egyptian royal burial site in the Theban necropolis, built for a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and noted for its well-preserved wall paintings and inscriptions.
D. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
E. Tomb of Khaemwaset
The Tomb of Khaemwaset is an ancient Egyptian royal burial in the Valley of the Queens, belonging to a prince of the Ramesside period.
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: Royal Tomb at Amarna
Target entity description: The Royal Tomb at Amarna is the rock-cut sepulchre in Akhetaten that served as the primary royal burial place for the pharaoh Akhenaten and members of his family during Egypt’s Amarna Period.

A. Tomb of Kha and Merit
The Tomb of Kha and Merit is an exceptionally well-preserved 18th Dynasty Egyptian burial of an architect and his wife, renowned for its intact funerary goods that offer a vivid glimpse into elite daily life and mortuary practices.
B. Tomb of Nefertari
The Tomb of Nefertari is the lavishly decorated burial place of Queen Nefertari, wife of Ramesses II, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved and vibrant wall paintings.
C. Tomb of Amunherkhepshef
The Tomb of Amunherkhepshef is an ancient Egyptian royal burial site in the Theban necropolis, built for a son of Pharaoh Ramesses III and noted for its well-preserved wall paintings and inscriptions.
D. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
E. Tomb of Khaemwaset
The Tomb of Khaemwaset is an ancient Egyptian royal burial in the Valley of the Queens, belonging to a prince of the Ramesside period.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ rock-cut tomb ⓘ royal tomb ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Amarna Royal Tomb 26 ⓘ linked to: Royal Tomb at Amarna Royal Tomb of Akhenaten ⓘ linked to: Royal Tomb at Amarna
associatedWithReligion	Atenism ⓘ linked to: Aten
builtDuringReignOf	Akhenaten ⓘ
builtFor	Akhenaten ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Akhenaten ⓘ Princess Meketaten ⓘ Princess Neferneferure ⓘ Princess Setepenre ⓘ members of Akhenaten's family ⓘ possibly Queen Kiya ⓘ possibly other royal children ⓘ
connectedTo	Royal Wadi road from Akhetaten ⓘ
constructionStatus	partly unfinished ⓘ
culturalContext	New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ linked to: New Kingdom of Egypt
dateOfConstruction	14th century BCE ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Aten ⓘ
excavatedBy	Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ John Pendlebury ⓘ
hasArchitecturalType	rock-cut corridor tomb ⓘ
hasDepictionsOf	Akhenaten ⓘ Nefertiti ⓘ royal daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti ⓘ
hasFeature	burial chambers ⓘ funerary scenes of Meketaten ⓘ long axial corridor ⓘ scenes of royal family worshipping Aten ⓘ side chambers ⓘ sunken relief decoration ⓘ unfinished chambers ⓘ
hasInscriptionType	hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
hasTombNumber	Amarna Royal Tomb ⓘ linked to: Royal Tomb at Amarna
heritageStatus	part of the archaeological zone of Amarna ⓘ
locatedIn	Akhetaten ⓘ linked to: Amarna Amarna ⓘ Middle Egypt ⓘ linked to: central Egypt
locatedInCountry	Egypt ⓘ
locatedInValley	Royal Wadi at Amarna ⓘ linked to: Royal Tomb at Amarna
locatedOn	east bank of the Nile ⓘ
partOf	ancient city of Akhetaten ⓘ linked to: Amarna
period	Amarna Period ⓘ linked to: Amarna period
primaryBurialPlaceOf	Akhenaten ⓘ
significance	primary royal burial place of the Amarna court ⓘ

How these facts were elicited