Western Cemetery at Giza
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The Western Cemetery at Giza is a vast necropolis adjacent to the Great Pyramid, containing hundreds of Old Kingdom mastaba tombs of royal family members and high officials.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Western Cemetery at Giza canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22981923 — 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: Western Cemetery at Giza Context triple: [Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, notableSite, Western Cemetery at Giza]
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Eastern Cemetery at Giza
The Eastern Cemetery at Giza is a major Old Kingdom necropolis adjacent to the Great Pyramid, containing mastabas and tombs of royal family members and high officials.
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B.
City of the Dead (Cairo necropolis)
The City of the Dead in Cairo is a vast historic necropolis where monumental tombs, mausoleums, and centuries-old graves intermingle with living communities that have settled among them.
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C.
Abydos royal cemetery
The Abydos royal cemetery is an ancient burial ground in Upper Egypt that served as one of the earliest and most important necropolises for Egypt’s first pharaohs.
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D.
Saqqara necropolis
Saqqara necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial ground near Memphis, best known for the Step Pyramid of Djoser and its extensive complex of tombs and monuments spanning several dynasties.
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E.
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery, Cairo
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery in Cairo is a historic Islamic burial ground that serves as the final resting place of numerous notable Egyptians, including the acclaimed actor Omar Sharif.
- 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: Western Cemetery at Giza Target entity description: The Western Cemetery at Giza is a vast necropolis adjacent to the Great Pyramid, containing hundreds of Old Kingdom mastaba tombs of royal family members and high officials.
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A.
Eastern Cemetery at Giza
The Eastern Cemetery at Giza is a major Old Kingdom necropolis adjacent to the Great Pyramid, containing mastabas and tombs of royal family members and high officials.
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B.
City of the Dead (Cairo necropolis)
The City of the Dead in Cairo is a vast historic necropolis where monumental tombs, mausoleums, and centuries-old graves intermingle with living communities that have settled among them.
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C.
Abydos royal cemetery
The Abydos royal cemetery is an ancient burial ground in Upper Egypt that served as one of the earliest and most important necropolises for Egypt’s first pharaohs.
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D.
Saqqara necropolis
Saqqara necropolis is an ancient Egyptian burial ground near Memphis, best known for the Step Pyramid of Djoser and its extensive complex of tombs and monuments spanning several dynasties.
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E.
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery, Cairo
El Sayeda Nafisa Cemetery in Cairo is a historic Islamic burial ground that serves as the final resting place of numerous notable Egyptians, including the acclaimed actor Omar Sharif.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.