Yigal Shiloh
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Yigal Shiloh was an Israeli archaeologist best known for his influential excavations in Jerusalem and his contributions to the study of ancient Israelite urbanism and material culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yigal Shiloh canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4717432 — 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: Yigal Shiloh Context triple: [City of David archaeological area, excavatedBy, Yigal Shiloh]
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A.
Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yariv
Yariv is a Hebrew surname most notably associated with Amnon Yariv, a prominent physicist and pioneer in optoelectronics and photonics.
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D.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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E.
Israel Eldad
Israel Eldad was a prominent Revisionist Zionist philosopher, writer, and leading ideologue of the Lehi underground movement in Mandatory Palestine.
- 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: Yigal Shiloh Target entity description: Yigal Shiloh was an Israeli archaeologist best known for his influential excavations in Jerusalem and his contributions to the study of ancient Israelite urbanism and material culture.
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A.
Ehud
Ehud is a biblical judge and deliverer of Israel known for assassinating the Moabite king Eglon in the Book of Judges.
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B.
Ze'ev
Ze'ev is a Hebrew given name meaning "wolf," commonly used in Israel and among Jewish communities worldwide.
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C.
Yariv
Yariv is a Hebrew surname most notably associated with Amnon Yariv, a prominent physicist and pioneer in optoelectronics and photonics.
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D.
Ehud Shabtai
Ehud Shabtai is an Israeli software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder and chief architect of the GPS-based navigation app Waze.
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E.
Israel Eldad
Israel Eldad was a prominent Revisionist Zionist philosopher, writer, and leading ideologue of the Lehi underground movement in Mandatory Palestine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Israeli archaeologist
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archaeologist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Near Eastern archaeology
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biblical studies ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
typology of Iron Age pottery in Israel
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understanding of Jerusalem in the First Temple period ⓘ understanding of ancient Israelite urbanism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jewish people
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linked to:
Jews
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| fieldOfWork |
Levantine archaeology
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archaeology ⓘ biblical archaeology ⓘ material culture of ancient Israel ⓘ urban archaeology ⓘ |
| genre |
archaeological report
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scholarly article ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
Iron Age fortifications
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Israelite domestic life ⓘ archaeological stratigraphy in urban sites ⓘ water systems of ancient Jerusalem ⓘ |
| influenced |
later excavations in the City of David
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research on Israelite city planning ⓘ |
| knownFor |
excavations in Jerusalem
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excavations in the City of David ⓘ research on ancient Israelite urbanism ⓘ study of Iron Age material culture in Israel ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Hebrew ⓘ |
| notableWork |
City of David excavations
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linked to:
City of David archaeological area
publications on the City of David ⓘ studies of Israelite four-room houses ⓘ |
| occupation | archaeologist ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
City of David
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linked to:
City of David archaeological area
Israel ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ |
| studied |
Iron Age Judah
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linked to:
First Temple period
ancient Israelite domestic architecture ⓘ ancient Israelite urban planning ⓘ ancient Jerusalem ⓘ stratigraphy of the City of David ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yigal Shiloh Description of subject: Yigal Shiloh was an Israeli archaeologist best known for his influential excavations in Jerusalem and his contributions to the study of ancient Israelite urbanism and material culture.
Referenced by (2)
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