Temple of the Skull
E160541
The Temple of the Skull is an ancient Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, noted for its distinctive carved skull imagery.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple XIII | 1 |
| Temple of the Red Queen | 1 |
| Temple of the Skull canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402647 — 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: Temple of the Skull Context triple: [Palenque, hasPart, Temple of the Skull]
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A.
Sphinx Temple
Sphinx Temple is an ancient limestone temple complex located directly in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, believed to have served a ritual or cultic function associated with the monument.
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B.
Temple of Taffa
The Temple of Taffa is an ancient Egyptian temple from Nubia that was relocated and preserved as part of UNESCO’s international effort to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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C.
Temple of Dakka
The Temple of Dakka is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated primarily to the god Thoth, notable for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led rescue of Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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E.
Teotihuacan Hall
Teotihuacan Hall is a major exhibition space dedicated to the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, showcasing its artifacts, architecture, and cultural history.
- 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: Temple of the Skull Target entity description: The Temple of the Skull is an ancient Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, noted for its distinctive carved skull imagery.
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A.
Sphinx Temple
Sphinx Temple is an ancient limestone temple complex located directly in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, believed to have served a ritual or cultic function associated with the monument.
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B.
Temple of Taffa
The Temple of Taffa is an ancient Egyptian temple from Nubia that was relocated and preserved as part of UNESCO’s international effort to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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C.
Temple of Dakka
The Temple of Dakka is an ancient Egyptian temple in Nubia dedicated primarily to the god Thoth, notable for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led rescue of Nubian monuments threatened by the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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E.
Teotihuacan Hall
Teotihuacan Hall is a major exhibition space dedicated to the ancient Mesoamerican city of Teotihuacan, showcasing its artifacts, architecture, and cultural history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Maya pyramid-temple
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archaeological site feature ⓘ |
| accessibleFrom | city of Palenque ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Maya architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mesoamerican mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Maya religion
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| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
skull reliefs
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stone carvings ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
pyramid platform
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temple superstructure ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | skull motif in its decoration ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf | Maya civilization ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chiapas
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Mexico ⓘ Palenque ⓘ tropical rainforest region of Chiapas ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor | carved skull imagery ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesoamerican archaeological heritage
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Palenque ⓘ
surface form:
Palenque archaeological site
ceremonial core of Palenque ⓘ |
| period |
Classic period in Mesoamerica
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surface form:
Classic period of Maya civilization
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| state | Chiapas ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious ceremonies
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ritual activities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Temple of the Skull Description of subject: The Temple of the Skull is an ancient Maya pyramid-temple at the archaeological site of Palenque in Chiapas, Mexico, noted for its distinctive carved skull imagery.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.