Caesarea Philippi
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Caesarea Philippi was an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the northern Levant, near the source of the Jordan River at the base of Mount Hermon, noted for its pagan sanctuaries and later Christian significance.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Caesarea Philippi canonical | 6 |
| Caesarea Philippi area | 2 |
| ancient city of Caesarea Philippi | 2 |
| ruins of Caesarea Philippi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4248536 — 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: Caesarea Philippi Context triple: [Philip the Tetrarch, capital, Caesarea Philippi]
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A.
Tabgha
Tabgha is a lakeside area on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, traditionally revered as the site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
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B.
Capernaum
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
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C.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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D.
Sepphoris
Sepphoris was an important ancient Galilean city in Roman-era Palestine, known as a political and cultural center with a significant Jewish population and notable rabbinic activity.
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E.
Al-Maghtas
Al-Maghtas is an archaeological and religious site on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River, widely venerated as the location of Jesus’ baptism and a major Christian pilgrimage destination.
- 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: Caesarea Philippi Target entity description: Caesarea Philippi was an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the northern Levant, near the source of the Jordan River at the base of Mount Hermon, noted for its pagan sanctuaries and later Christian significance.
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A.
Tabgha
Tabgha is a lakeside area on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, traditionally revered as the site of the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes.
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B.
Capernaum
Capernaum was an ancient fishing village on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee that became a central setting for Jesus’ ministry in the New Testament.
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C.
Bethsaida
Bethsaida was an ancient fishing village on the Sea of Galilee, traditionally known as the hometown of several of Jesus’s apostles in the New Testament.
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D.
Sepphoris
Sepphoris was an important ancient Galilean city in Roman-era Palestine, known as a political and cultural center with a significant Jewish population and notable rabbinic activity.
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E.
Al-Maghtas
Al-Maghtas is an archaeological and religious site on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River, widely venerated as the location of Jesus’ baptism and a major Christian pilgrimage destination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic city
ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Pan
ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
linked to:
Zeus Ammon
|
| associatedWithEvent | Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Apostle Peter
ⓘ
Jesus ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Pan ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Roman period ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| hasAncientName |
Caesarea Panias
ⓘ
Paneas ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalRemains |
Byzantine church remains
ⓘ
Roman-period buildings ⓘ rock-cut niches ⓘ temple foundations ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Hellenistic sanctuary
ⓘ
Roman temple complex ⓘ agora ⓘ cave associated with the source of the Jordan River ⓘ palatial structures ⓘ rock cliff with niches for pagan idols ⓘ sanctuary of Pan ⓘ theater ⓘ |
| hasModernSiteName | Banias ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance |
Christianity
ⓘ
Greco-Roman religion ⓘ
linked to:
Greco-Roman paganism
pagan religion ⓘ |
| laterBecame |
Byzantine Christian center
ⓘ
early Christian pilgrimage site ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Golan Heights region
ⓘ
linked to:
Golan Heights
modern-day Israel-controlled Golan Heights ⓘ northern Levant ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Mount Hermon
ⓘ
source of the Jordan River ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Banias River ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Gospel of Mark
ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ New Testament ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Caesar Augustus
ⓘ
linked to:
Augustus
Philip the Tetrarch ⓘ |
| nearBorderOf |
Trachonitis
ⓘ
ancient Iturea ⓘ |
| partOf |
Herodian kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Herodian Kingdom
tetrarchy of Philip ⓘ
linked to:
Philip the Tetrarch
|
| situatedAt | base of Mount Hermon ⓘ |
| underRuleOf |
Herod Philip II
ⓘ
linked to:
Herod Philip
Roman Empire ⓘ |
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: Caesarea Philippi Description of subject: Caesarea Philippi was an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in the northern Levant, near the source of the Jordan River at the base of Mount Hermon, noted for its pagan sanctuaries and later Christian significance.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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