Bonampak

E168145

Maya archaeological site ancient city

Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved murals depicting courtly life, warfare, and ritual.

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Label	Occurrences
Bonampak canonical	8
Bonampak Archaeological Zone	1
Bonampak archaeological site	1
Bonampak archaeological zone	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1350701 — 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: Bonampak
Context triple: [Maya civilization, majorSite, Bonampak]

A. Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
B. Copán
Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
C. Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
D. Caracol
Caracol is a large ancient Maya city in present-day Belize, known for its extensive ruins, monumental architecture, and historical significance as a powerful regional center.
E. Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
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: Bonampak
Target entity description: Bonampak is an ancient Maya archaeological site in Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved murals depicting courtly life, warfare, and ritual.

A. Palenque
Palenque is an ancient Maya city in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, renowned for its well-preserved temples, palaces, and intricate inscriptions.
B. Copán
Copán is an ancient Maya city in present-day Honduras renowned for its elaborate stone sculptures, hieroglyphic inscriptions, and well-preserved archaeological remains.
C. Tikal
Tikal is an ancient Maya city in present-day Guatemala, renowned for its towering pyramids, extensive ruins, and role as a powerful political and cultural center of the Classic Maya civilization.
D. Caracol
Caracol is a large ancient Maya city in present-day Belize, known for its extensive ruins, monumental architecture, and historical significance as a powerful regional center.
E. Calakmul
Calakmul is a major ancient Maya city and archaeological site in the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, known for its massive pyramids and extensive ruins.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Maya archaeological site ⓘ ancient city ⓘ
access	reachable via Lacanjá Chansayab ⓘ
administratedBy	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ⓘ surface form: INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia)
alternateName	Bonampak ⓘ surface form: Bonampak Archaeological Zone
artStyle	Maya mural painting ⓘ
chronologicalPhase	Late Classic period ⓘ surface form: Late Classic Maya
civilization	Maya civilization ⓘ
conservationIssues	humidity damage to murals ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus	protected archaeological zone of Mexico ⓘ
depicts	Maya royal court ceremonies ⓘ battle scenes ⓘ captives and sacrifice ⓘ musicians and dancers ⓘ
discoveredBy	non-Maya world in 1946 ⓘ
firstReportedBy	Giles Healey ⓘ
floruit	8th century CE ⓘ
governingPolity	Yaxchilán ⓘ
hasIconography	Maya deities ⓘ Maya royal regalia ⓘ bloodletting rituals ⓘ war captives ⓘ
hasPart	Structure 1 ⓘ Structure 2 ⓘ Structure 3 ⓘ
hasRoom	Room 1 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ Room 2 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ Room 3 of Temple of the Murals ⓘ
hasStructure	Temple of the Murals ⓘ
knownFor	murals depicting courtly life ⓘ murals depicting ritual ⓘ murals depicting warfare ⓘ well-preserved murals ⓘ
languageGroup	Mayan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Chiapas ⓘ Lacandon Jungle ⓘ Usumacinta River region ⓘ
material	limestone architecture ⓘ
muralsDateTo	circa 790 CE ⓘ
nearbySite	Yaxchilán ⓘ
politicalStatus	vassal city ⓘ
region	Maya lowlands ⓘ surface form: Maya Lowlands
state	State of Chiapas ⓘ
timePeriod	Late Classic period ⓘ
tourism	open to visitors ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeList	World Heritage tentative list (Mexico) ⓘ
writingSystem	Maya hieroglyphs ⓘ surface form: Maya hieroglyphic script

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

Maya civilization → majorSite → Bonampak ⓘ

State of Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

southern Mexico → hasArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Mexico

Chiapas → containsArchaeologicalSite → Bonampak ⓘ

western Maya lowlands → hasMajorSite → Bonampak ⓘ

Yaxchilán → hasNearbySite → Bonampak ⓘ

Bonampak → alternateName → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak Archaeological Zone

Maya architecture → notableSite → Bonampak ⓘ

Maya lowlands → contains → Bonampak ⓘ

Lacandon Jungle → contains → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak archaeological site

Archaeological Monuments Zone of Mexico → includes → Bonampak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bonampak archaeological zone

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