Archaeological Site of Troy

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ancient city archaeological site

The Archaeological Site of Troy is the ancient city in northwestern Turkey famed from Homeric epics and renowned for its multi-layered ruins that reveal over 4,000 years of continuous human settlement and history.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Archaeological Site of Troy canonical	4
archaeological site of Troy	3
Archaeological Site of Troy (UNESCO)	1
Troy UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Archaeological Site of Troy"	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site Troy	1
UNESCO World Heritage Site: Archaeological Site of Troy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6977506 — 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: Archaeological Site of Troy
Context triple: [Çanakkale Province, hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Archaeological Site of Troy]

A. Archaeological Site of Aigai
The Archaeological Site of Aigai is the ancient royal capital of Macedon, renowned for its monumental palace and royal tombs, including that of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
B. Delphi archaeological site
The Delphi archaeological site is an ancient Greek sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, famed as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo and one of the most important religious and cultural centers of the classical world.
C. Gordium archaeological site
The Gordium archaeological site is the ancient capital of the Phrygian kingdom in central Anatolia, best known as the legendary home of King Midas and the setting of the Gordian Knot myth.
D. Ancient city of Side
The Ancient city of Side is a well-preserved Greco-Roman coastal settlement in southern Turkey, renowned for its monumental theater, temples, and harbor ruins.
E. Apamea archaeological site
Apamea archaeological site is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in western Syria, renowned for its extensive colonnaded street and well-preserved ruins.
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: Archaeological Site of Troy
Target entity description: The Archaeological Site of Troy is the ancient city in northwestern Turkey famed from Homeric epics and renowned for its multi-layered ruins that reveal over 4,000 years of continuous human settlement and history.

A. Archaeological Site of Aigai
The Archaeological Site of Aigai is the ancient royal capital of Macedon, renowned for its monumental palace and royal tombs, including that of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
B. Delphi archaeological site
The Delphi archaeological site is an ancient Greek sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, famed as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo and one of the most important religious and cultural centers of the classical world.
C. Gordium archaeological site
The Gordium archaeological site is the ancient capital of the Phrygian kingdom in central Anatolia, best known as the legendary home of King Midas and the setting of the Gordian Knot myth.
D. Ancient city of Side
The Ancient city of Side is a well-preserved Greco-Roman coastal settlement in southern Turkey, renowned for its monumental theater, temples, and harbor ruins.
E. Apamea archaeological site
Apamea archaeological site is an ancient Hellenistic and Roman city in western Syria, renowned for its extensive colonnaded street and well-preserved ruins.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hisarlik ⓘ Ilion ⓘ linked to: Τροῖα Troia ⓘ linked to: ancient Troy Troy ⓘ
associatedWork	Iliad ⓘ linked to: Homer's Iliad Odyssey ⓘ
country	Republic of Turkey ⓘ linked to: Turkey
earliestOccupationDate	circa 3000 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy	Carl Blegen ⓘ Heinrich Schliemann ⓘ Manfred Korfmann ⓘ Wilhelm Dörpfeld ⓘ
famousFor	appearance in Homeric epics ⓘ association with the Trojan War ⓘ multi-layered archaeological remains ⓘ
governingBody	Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
hasArchaeologicalFeature	Roman theater ⓘ bouleuterion ⓘ city walls ⓘ defensive ditches ⓘ fortifications ⓘ gates ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude	39.957 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude	26.238 ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	Anatolia ⓘ Ancient Greece ⓘ linked to: Greek Antiquity Byzantine Empire ⓘ Hittite civilization ⓘ linked to: Hittites Roman Empire ⓘ
hasDurationOfOccupation	over 4000 years ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasMuseum	Troy Museum ⓘ
hasNumberOfSettlementLayers	at least 9 major layers ⓘ
hasPeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Byzantine period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	archaeological conservation area ⓘ
hasTourismType	archaeological tourism ⓘ cultural tourism ⓘ
inscriptionLanguageEvidence	Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Luwian ⓘ linked to: Cuneiform Luwian
isSubjectOf	Homeric scholarship ⓘ Trojan War studies ⓘ classical archaeology research ⓘ
locatedIn	Turkey ⓘ northwestern Turkey ⓘ Çanakkale Province ⓘ
locatedNear	Aegean Sea ⓘ Dardanelles ⓘ
nearSettlement	Tevfikiye ⓘ
partOf	Troad region ⓘ linked to: Troad
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	1998 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	849 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

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

Çanakkale Province → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Archaeological Site of Troy ⓘ

Hisarlik → heritageDesignation → Archaeological Site of Troy ⓘ

Hisarlik → partOf → Archaeological Site of Troy (UNESCO) ⓘ