Beautiful Festival of the Valley

E442625

Theban festival ancient Egyptian religious festival

The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was an important ancient Egyptian religious celebration in which Amun and other deities were carried in procession from Karnak to the west bank of Thebes to honor the dead and reunite them symbolically with the living.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Beautiful Feast of the Valley	5
Beautiful Festival of the Valley canonical	2
Beautiful Feast of the Valley (regional variants)	1
Beautiful Feast of the Valley (via Hathor)	1
Beautiful Feast of the Valley rituals	1
Feast of the Valley	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4477210 — 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: Beautiful Festival of the Valley
Context triple: [Ancient Egyptian religion, hasFestival, Beautiful Festival of the Valley]

A. Valley of Heart's Delight
The Valley of Heart's Delight was the former name for California’s Santa Clara Valley, once famed for its vast orchards and fruit production before becoming the heart of Silicon Valley’s tech industry.
B. Festival of Festivals
Festival of Festivals was the original name of what is now known as the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s most prominent public film festivals.
C. Festival of the Falling Leaf
Festival of the Falling Leaf is an annual autumn celebration in Tumut, New South Wales, known for its vibrant displays of changing foliage, community events, and seasonal festivities.
D. Peace in the Valley
"Peace in the Valley" is a song featured on John Denver’s 1969 debut studio album *Rhymes & Reasons*.
E. Land of Festivals
Land of Festivals is a popular epithet for Nagaland, highlighting the state's rich cultural diversity and its numerous vibrant traditional celebrations held throughout the year.
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: Beautiful Festival of the Valley
Target entity description: The Beautiful Festival of the Valley was an important ancient Egyptian religious celebration in which Amun and other deities were carried in procession from Karnak to the west bank of Thebes to honor the dead and reunite them symbolically with the living.

A. Valley of Heart's Delight
The Valley of Heart's Delight was the former name for California’s Santa Clara Valley, once famed for its vast orchards and fruit production before becoming the heart of Silicon Valley’s tech industry.
B. Festival of Festivals
Festival of Festivals was the original name of what is now known as the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s most prominent public film festivals.
C. Festival of the Falling Leaf
Festival of the Falling Leaf is an annual autumn celebration in Tumut, New South Wales, known for its vibrant displays of changing foliage, community events, and seasonal festivities.
D. Peace in the Valley
"Peace in the Valley" is a song featured on John Denver’s 1969 debut studio album *Rhymes & Reasons*.
E. Land of Festivals
Land of Festivals is a popular epithet for Nagaland, highlighting the state's rich cultural diversity and its numerous vibrant traditional celebrations held throughout the year.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Theban festival ⓘ ancient Egyptian religious festival ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Feast of the Valley ⓘ linked to: Beautiful Festival of the Valley
associatedDeity	Khonsu ⓘ Mut ⓘ Theban Triad ⓘ other Theban gods ⓘ
associatedSite	Deir el-Bahri ⓘ Luxor Temple ⓘ Temple of Amun at Karnak ⓘ linked to: Temple of Amun-Re Theban Necropolis ⓘ private tomb chapels on the west bank ⓘ
calendar	ancient Egyptian civil calendar ⓘ
centeredOn	cult of Amun at Karnak ⓘ linked to: Amun cult of Thebes
country	ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culturalSignificance	one of the most important local festivals of Thebes ⓘ strengthened ties between living families and their deceased relatives ⓘ
depictedIn	Theban tomb paintings ⓘ temple reliefs at Karnak ⓘ temple reliefs at Luxor ⓘ
earliestAttestation	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
linkedConcept	ancestor veneration ⓘ divine presence in the necropolis ⓘ mortuary cult ⓘ renewal of kingship ⓘ
location	Karnak ⓘ linked to: Karnak Temple Complex Thebes ⓘ west bank of Thebes ⓘ linked to: Theban region
majorPeriodOfCelebration	18th Dynasty ⓘ 19th Dynasty ⓘ 20th Dynasty ⓘ
month	second month of Shemu ⓘ
primaryDeity	Amun ⓘ
processionFrom	Karnak Temple ⓘ linked to: Karnak Temple Complex
processionTo	necropolis on the west bank of Thebes ⓘ
purpose	to honor the dead ⓘ to renew bonds between families and their ancestors ⓘ to reunite the dead symbolically with the living ⓘ
religion	ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
ritualElement	feasting with the dead ⓘ music and dancing ⓘ offerings at tombs ⓘ oracular appearances of Amun ⓘ procession of divine barks ⓘ visits to tomb chapels ⓘ
season	Shemu ⓘ
timePeriod	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Ancient Egyptian religion → hasFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ

Niwt-Imn → notableFestival → Beautiful Festival of the Valley ⓘ

Lady of Dendera → associatedFestival → Beautiful Feast of the Valley (via Hathor) ⓘ