Horemheb
E389972
Horemheb was the last pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, known for restoring traditional religious practices after the Amarna period and initiating reforms that paved the way for the Ramesside era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Horemheb canonical | 10 |
| Pharaoh Horemheb | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805953 — 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: Horemheb Context triple: [Valley of the Kings, hasBurialOf, Horemheb]
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A.
Amenemhat IV
Amenemhat IV was a late Middle Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt, known for his relatively short and obscure reign that preceded the rise of the Second Intermediate Period.
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B.
Shepseskaf
Shepseskaf was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, traditionally regarded as the last ruler of the Fourth Dynasty and known for commissioning the unique mastaba tomb at South Saqqara instead of a pyramid.
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C.
Senusret III
Senusret III was a powerful 12th Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, renowned for his military campaigns, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects.
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D.
Djedefhor
Djedefhor was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty, known from wisdom literature and inscriptions as a royal son and court official during the Old Kingdom.
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E.
Djedkare Isesi
Djedkare Isesi was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt known for ruling during the later Fifth Dynasty, overseeing administrative reforms and a flourishing of art and architecture.
- 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: Horemheb Target entity description: Horemheb was the last pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, known for restoring traditional religious practices after the Amarna period and initiating reforms that paved the way for the Ramesside era.
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A.
Amenemhat IV
Amenemhat IV was a late Middle Kingdom pharaoh of Egypt, known for his relatively short and obscure reign that preceded the rise of the Second Intermediate Period.
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B.
Shepseskaf
Shepseskaf was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, traditionally regarded as the last ruler of the Fourth Dynasty and known for commissioning the unique mastaba tomb at South Saqqara instead of a pyramid.
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C.
Senusret III
Senusret III was a powerful 12th Dynasty pharaoh of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom, renowned for his military campaigns, administrative reforms, and monumental building projects.
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D.
Djedefhor
Djedefhor was an ancient Egyptian prince of the 4th Dynasty, known from wisdom literature and inscriptions as a royal son and court official during the Old Kingdom.
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E.
Djedkare Isesi
Djedkare Isesi was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt known for ruling during the later Fifth Dynasty, overseeing administrative reforms and a flourishing of art and architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
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ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ human ⓘ |
| aimOfReforms |
curbing corruption among officials
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reorganizing the army and administration ⓘ |
| artStyle | return to traditional 18th Dynasty artistic conventions ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Amun ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
KV57
ⓘ
Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| capital | Memphis ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
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| cultCenter |
Karnak Temple Complex
ⓘ
surface form:
Amun at Karnak
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| dynasty |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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| earlierTomb |
Tomb of Horemheb (Saqqara)
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surface form:
Saqqara tomb of Horemheb
|
| era | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| house |
Thutmosid family
ⓘ
surface form:
Thutmosid line (by association, not blood)
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| issued | Great Edict of Horemheb ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative and legal reforms
ⓘ
preparing the way for the Ramesside era ⓘ restoring traditional Egyptian religious practices after the Amarna period ⓘ reversing many policies of Akhenaten ⓘ |
| legacy | considered restorer of ma’at (cosmic order) after religious upheaval ⓘ |
| militaryTitle | Commander-in-chief of the army ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | Horus is in jubilation ⓘ |
| nomen | Horemheb self-link ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
royal advisor ⓘ |
| period | post-Amarna period ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Pharaoh of Egypt ⓘ |
| praenomen | Djeserkheperure ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ay ⓘ |
| reignEnd | c. 1292 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 1319 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| removedFromMonuments |
names and images of Akhenaten
ⓘ
names and images of Ay ⓘ names and images of Tutankhamun ⓘ |
| royalName | Djeserkheperure Setepenre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Ay
ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation |
Saqqara tomb reliefs
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inscriptions at Karnak ⓘ tomb inscriptions in KV57 ⓘ |
| spouse |
Amenia
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Mutnedjmet ⓘ |
| successor | Ramesses I ⓘ |
| templeBuilding |
Karnak Temple Complex
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surface form:
Karnak Temple complex
Luxor Temple ⓘ |
| throneName | Djeserkheperure Setepenre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Horemheb Description of subject: Horemheb was the last pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, known for restoring traditional religious practices after the Amarna period and initiating reforms that paved the way for the Ramesside era.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pharaoh Horemheb