KV57
E403796
KV57 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for Pharaoh Horemheb of the late 18th Dynasty, notable for its transitional art and well-preserved reliefs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KV57 canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3805947 — 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: KV57 Context triple: [Valley of the Kings, contains, KV57]
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A.
KV5
KV5 is a large, multi-chambered tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial complex for the sons of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
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B.
KV17
KV17 is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its large size and exceptionally well-preserved, richly decorated reliefs.
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C.
KV35
KV35 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II and later housed a cache of royal mummies.
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D.
KV15
KV15 is the ancient Egyptian tomb of Pharaoh Seti II located in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.
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E.
KV43
KV43 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV.
- 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: KV57 Target entity description: KV57 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for Pharaoh Horemheb of the late 18th Dynasty, notable for its transitional art and well-preserved reliefs.
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A.
KV5
KV5 is a large, multi-chambered tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial complex for the sons of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
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B.
KV17
KV17 is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, renowned for its large size and exceptionally well-preserved, richly decorated reliefs.
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C.
KV35
KV35 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep II and later housed a cache of royal mummies.
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D.
KV15
KV15 is the ancient Egyptian tomb of Pharaoh Seti II located in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor.
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E.
KV43
KV43 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
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archaeological site ⓘ rock-cut tomb ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
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surface form:
Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
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| builtFor | Horemheb ONNED1 ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | late 18th Dynasty ⓘ |
| contains |
canopic chest fragments
ⓘ
fragments of burial equipment ⓘ sarcophagus of Horemheb ⓘ shabti figures of Horemheb ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 1908 ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Edward R. Ayrton ⓘ |
| excavatedFor | Theodore M. Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | corridor tomb ⓘ |
| hasBurialChamberShape | cartouche-shaped burial chamber ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| hasDecoration |
astronomical ceiling motifs
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painted reliefs ⓘ Amduat ⓘ
surface form:
scenes from the Amduat
scenes from the Book of Gates ⓘ scenes of deities receiving the king ⓘ well-preserved reliefs ⓘ |
| hasDecorationStyle | transitional art between 18th and 19th Dynasties ⓘ |
| hasEntrance | stairway leading down from the wadi floor ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burial chamber
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decorated corridors ⓘ rock-cut chambers ⓘ side chambers ⓘ well shaft ⓘ |
| hasLayout | straight-axis plan ⓘ |
| hasModernDesignation | Kings Valley 57 ⓘ |
| hasWallColor | yellow background in many decorated areas ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Luxor
ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ Valley of the Kings ⓘ west bank of the Nile ⓘ
surface form:
West Bank of the Nile
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| near |
KV56
ⓘ
KV58 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early use of 19th Dynasty decorative conventions
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good state of preservation of reliefs ⓘ transitional artistic style ⓘ |
| owner | Horemheb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| tombNumber | 57 ⓘ |
| usedFor | royal burial ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: KV57 Description of subject: KV57 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for Pharaoh Horemheb of the late 18th Dynasty, notable for its transitional art and well-preserved reliefs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.