Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

E145280

archaeological site cultural landscape rock art site

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an archaeological reserve in Azerbaijan renowned for its thousands of ancient petroglyphs, rock engravings, and evidence of prehistoric human life.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape canonical	8
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve	5
Gobustan National Historical and Artistic Reserve	1
Gobustan National Historical and Artistic Reserve administration	1
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape UNESCO inscription	1
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum	1
Gobustan petroglyph tradition	1
Gobustan rock art	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1264877 — 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: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Context triple: [Azerbaijan, UNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape]

A. Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
B. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
C. Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Russia renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved defensive structures that once controlled a key passage between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus.
D. Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
E. K2 archaeological site
The K2 archaeological site is an Iron Age settlement in South Africa known for its early evidence of complex social organization and trade that preceded the rise of the Mapungubwe kingdom.
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: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
Target entity description: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an archaeological reserve in Azerbaijan renowned for its thousands of ancient petroglyphs, rock engravings, and evidence of prehistoric human life.

A. Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
B. Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
C. Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Russia renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved defensive structures that once controlled a key passage between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus.
D. Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
E. K2 archaeological site
The K2 archaeological site is an Iron Age settlement in South Africa known for its early evidence of complex social organization and trade that preceded the rise of the Mapungubwe kingdom.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ cultural landscape ⓘ rock art site ⓘ
contains	Roman inscription ⓘ burial mounds ⓘ caves ⓘ mud volcanoes ⓘ rock shelters ⓘ settlement remains ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Azerbaijan ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfPetroglyphs	over 6000 ⓘ
governingBody	Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan ⓘ
hasComponent	Boyukdash ⓘ Jingirdag ⓘ Kichikdash ⓘ Yazili Tepe ⓘ
hasEvidenceOf	ancient dance scenes ⓘ ancient hunting scenes ⓘ animal depictions ⓘ boat depictions ⓘ burial sites ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ prehistoric dwellings ⓘ prehistoric human life ⓘ ritual sites ⓘ
hasMuseum	Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum ⓘ linked to: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
heritageSignificance	outstanding universal value for rock art ⓘ
IUCNCategory	III ⓘ
knownFor	archaeological remains ⓘ petroglyphs ⓘ prehistoric rock art ⓘ rock engravings ⓘ
locatedIn	Gobustan District ⓘ
locatedNear	Caspian Sea ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Baku ⓘ
protectedAs	Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve ⓘ linked to: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
region	Caucasus ⓘ
RomanInscriptionDate	1st century AD ⓘ
RomanInscriptionMentions	Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ
timeDepth	Bronze Age ⓘ Mesolithic ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Neolithic ⓘ Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory	Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2007 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	true ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1076 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azerbaijan → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape ⓘ

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape → hasMuseum → Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum ⓘ