Anubis chapel

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ancient Egyptian chapel archaeological site feature religious sanctuary

The Anubis chapel is a sanctuary within the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari dedicated to the jackal-headed god Anubis, associated with mummification and protection of the dead in ancient Egyptian religion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Anubis chapel canonical	1
Anubis chapel in the Temple of Hatshepsut	1
chapel of Anubis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4364713 — 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: Anubis chapel
Context triple: [Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, hasChapel, Anubis chapel]

A. Osireion
Osireion is an ancient subterranean temple-like structure at Abydos in Egypt, thought to be associated with the cult of Osiris and the afterlife.
B. Hathor chapel
The Hathor chapel is a sanctuary within the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari dedicated to the goddess Hathor, featuring characteristic columns and reliefs honoring her role in music, motherhood, and protection.
C. Sarcophagus Hall
Sarcophagus Hall is a gallery within the Antalya Museum that showcases intricately carved ancient sarcophagi and related funerary artifacts from the region.
D. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
E. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
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: Anubis chapel
Target entity description: The Anubis chapel is a sanctuary within the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari dedicated to the jackal-headed god Anubis, associated with mummification and protection of the dead in ancient Egyptian religion.

A. Osireion
Osireion is an ancient subterranean temple-like structure at Abydos in Egypt, thought to be associated with the cult of Osiris and the afterlife.
B. Hathor chapel
The Hathor chapel is a sanctuary within the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari dedicated to the goddess Hathor, featuring characteristic columns and reliefs honoring her role in music, motherhood, and protection.
C. Sarcophagus Hall
Sarcophagus Hall is a gallery within the Antalya Museum that showcases intricately carved ancient sarcophagi and related funerary artifacts from the region.
D. Tomb of Ptahhotep
The Tomb of Ptahhotep is an Old Kingdom mastaba renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved reliefs depicting daily life and moral teachings, belonging to the vizier Ptahhotep of Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty.
E. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian chapel ⓘ archaeological site feature ⓘ religious sanctuary ⓘ
access	visited as part of the Temple of Hatshepsut complex ⓘ
architecturalStyle	New Kingdom Egyptian temple architecture ⓘ
associatedDeity	Anubis ⓘ
associatedRuler	Hatshepsut ⓘ Thutmose III ⓘ
associatedWith	mummification ⓘ protection of the dead ⓘ
builder	Hatshepsut ⓘ
builtFor	Hatshepsut ⓘ
civilization	ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalSignificance	evidence for the cult of Anubis in the New Kingdom ⓘ example of royal mortuary cult architecture ⓘ
currentCondition	partially preserved ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Anubis ⓘ
dedicatedToAspectOfAnubis	god of embalming ⓘ guardian of necropolis ⓘ
discoveredBy	archaeologists at Deir el-Bahari ⓘ
dynasty	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
function	cult place of Anubis ⓘ funerary cult chapel ⓘ
hasFeature	cult niche ⓘ offering tables ⓘ painted decoration ⓘ wall reliefs ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage	ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis" ⓘ
iconography	funerary scenes ⓘ jackal-headed god Anubis ⓘ linked to: Anubis processions of priests ⓘ
locatedAt	Deir el-Bahari ⓘ linked to: Deir el-Bahri
locatedIn	Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ linked to: mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
locatedInCountry	Egypt ⓘ
locatedNear	Thebes ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
locatedWithin	upper terrace of the Temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
orientation	towards the Theban Necropolis ⓘ
partOf	Deir el-Bahari temple complex ⓘ linked to: Deir el-Bahri Theban Necropolis ⓘ
patron	Hatshepsut ⓘ
period	New Kingdom ⓘ linked to: New Kingdom of Egypt
region	Upper Egypt ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
use	offerings to Anubis ⓘ rituals for the dead ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → hasChapel → Anubis chapel ⓘ

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut → hasFeature → chapel of Anubis ⓘ

subject linked to: mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

linked to: Anubis chapel

Hathor chapel → nearbyStructure → Anubis chapel in the Temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ