Ra II expedition
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The Ra II expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1970 transatlantic voyage in a papyrus reed boat, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility of ancient sea crossings between Africa and the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ra II expedition canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22329735 — 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: Ra II expedition Context triple: [Ra II papyrus boat, expeditionName, Ra II expedition]
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Ra I expedition
The Ra I expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1969 attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus-reed boat to demonstrate the possibility of ancient transoceanic contact between African and American civilizations.
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Nile Expedition
The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
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expedition of Nakhla
The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
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Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
- 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: Ra II expedition Target entity description: The Ra II expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1970 transatlantic voyage in a papyrus reed boat, undertaken to demonstrate the possibility of ancient sea crossings between Africa and the Americas.
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A.
Ra I expedition
The Ra I expedition was Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 1969 attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a papyrus-reed boat to demonstrate the possibility of ancient transoceanic contact between African and American civilizations.
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B.
Nile Expedition
The Nile Expedition, formally known as the Gordon Relief Expedition, was a British military campaign in 1884–1885 aimed at relieving General Charles Gordon during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
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C.
expedition of Nakhla
The expedition of Nakhla was a pivotal early Muslim raid against a Quraysh caravan near Mecca that intensified tensions and helped precipitate larger battles in the early Islamic period.
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D.
Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
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E.
Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition
The Jackson–Harmsworth Expedition was a late 19th-century British Arctic venture led by Frederick George Jackson that explored Franz Josef Land and contributed significantly to polar geography and the Heroic Age of polar exploration.
- F. None of above. chosen
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