Emmaus Nicopolis
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Emmaus Nicopolis is an ancient town in central Israel, traditionally identified with the biblical Emmaus mentioned in the New Testament and known for its Roman and Byzantine archaeological remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emmaus Nicopolis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19889194 — 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: Emmaus Nicopolis Context triple: [Emmaus, uncertainModernIdentification, Emmaus Nicopolis]
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A.
Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
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B.
Al-Maghtas
Al-Maghtas is an archaeological and religious site on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River, widely venerated as the location of Jesus’ baptism and a major Christian pilgrimage destination.
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C.
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi was an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the northern Levant, near the source of the Jordan River at the base of Mount Hermon, noted for its pagan sanctuaries and later Christian significance.
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D.
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis was an important ancient city in Roman and Byzantine Palestine, serving as a key administrative, military, and commercial center in the region.
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E.
Hierapolis
Hierapolis was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), known for its hot springs and as an early center of Christianity.
- 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: Emmaus Nicopolis Target entity description: Emmaus Nicopolis is an ancient town in central Israel, traditionally identified with the biblical Emmaus mentioned in the New Testament and known for its Roman and Byzantine archaeological remains.
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A.
Ṭarābulus
Ṭarābulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, a major historic port city and the capital of Libya on the Mediterranean coast.
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B.
Al-Maghtas
Al-Maghtas is an archaeological and religious site on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River, widely venerated as the location of Jesus’ baptism and a major Christian pilgrimage destination.
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C.
Caesarea Philippi
Caesarea Philippi was an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the northern Levant, near the source of the Jordan River at the base of Mount Hermon, noted for its pagan sanctuaries and later Christian significance.
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D.
Eleutheropolis
Eleutheropolis was an important ancient city in Roman and Byzantine Palestine, serving as a key administrative, military, and commercial center in the region.
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E.
Hierapolis
Hierapolis was an ancient Greco-Roman city in Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), known for its hot springs and as an early center of Christianity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.