San al-Hagar (Tanis)
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San al-Hagar (Tanis) is an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta that served as a royal capital during the Third Intermediate Period and is renowned for its temples and archaeological remains.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San al-Hagar (Tanis) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11026030 — 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: San al-Hagar (Tanis) Context triple: [Sharqia Governorate, hasHistoricSite, San al-Hagar (Tanis)]
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A.
Behbeit el-Hagar
Behbeit el-Hagar is an ancient Egyptian archaeological site in the Nile Delta known for the remains of a major temple complex dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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B.
Deir el-Hagar
Deir el-Hagar is a small, well-preserved Roman-period temple complex in Egypt’s Western Desert, notable for its sandstone architecture and rich relief decorations.
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C.
Tell el-Dab'a
Tell el-Dab'a is an archaeological site in the Nile Delta of Egypt identified as the location of the ancient city of Avaris, the former capital of the Hyksos rulers.
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D.
Tell el-Mutesellim
Tell el-Mutesellim is the archaeological mound of ancient Megiddo in northern Israel, a strategically vital site famous for its many layers of settlement and its association with the biblical Armageddon.
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E.
Tell el-Farama
Tell el-Farama is the archaeological site of ancient Pelusium, a former Egyptian port city near the northeastern edge of the Nile Delta.
- 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: San al-Hagar (Tanis) Target entity description: San al-Hagar (Tanis) is an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta that served as a royal capital during the Third Intermediate Period and is renowned for its temples and archaeological remains.
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A.
Behbeit el-Hagar
Behbeit el-Hagar is an ancient Egyptian archaeological site in the Nile Delta known for the remains of a major temple complex dedicated to the goddess Isis.
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B.
Deir el-Hagar
Deir el-Hagar is a small, well-preserved Roman-period temple complex in Egypt’s Western Desert, notable for its sandstone architecture and rich relief decorations.
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C.
Tell el-Dab'a
Tell el-Dab'a is an archaeological site in the Nile Delta of Egypt identified as the location of the ancient city of Avaris, the former capital of the Hyksos rulers.
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D.
Tell el-Mutesellim
Tell el-Mutesellim is the archaeological mound of ancient Megiddo in northern Israel, a strategically vital site famous for its many layers of settlement and its association with the biblical Armageddon.
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E.
Tell el-Farama
Tell el-Farama is the archaeological site of ancient Pelusium, a former Egyptian port city near the northeastern edge of the Nile Delta.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
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archaeological site ⓘ former national capital ⓘ |
| ancientName | Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Amun
NERFINISHED
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Khonsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Mut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuring |
Third Intermediate Period
NERFINISHED
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Twenty-first Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsTombOf |
Amenemope
NERFINISHED
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Osorkon II NERFINISHED ⓘ Psusennes I NERFINISHED ⓘ Shoshenq II NERFINISHED ⓘ Takelot I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Pierre Montet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartApprox | 1930s ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalPeriod |
Late Period
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New Kingdom (reused monuments) NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Intermediate Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
colossal statues
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obelisks ⓘ royal tombs ⓘ sacred lake ⓘ stone blocks reused from earlier monuments ⓘ temple enclosure walls ⓘ |
| hasFind |
gold funerary mask of Psusennes I
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granite obelisks from earlier dynasties ⓘ inscribed stelae ⓘ royal jewelry hoards ⓘ silver coffin of Psusennes I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemple |
Temple of Amun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Temple of Khonsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Mut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important national archaeological site of Egypt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological remains
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royal necropolis of the Third Intermediate Period NERFINISHED ⓘ temples ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lower Egypt
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Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ Sharqia Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Hebrew Bible as Zoan ⓘ |
| modernName | San al-Hagar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyModernSettlement | San al-Hagar al-Qibliyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | Delta city ⓘ |
| reusesMonumentsFrom |
Memphis
NERFINISHED
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Pi-Ramesses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | royal capital of Egypt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: San al-Hagar (Tanis) Description of subject: San al-Hagar (Tanis) is an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta that served as a royal capital during the Third Intermediate Period and is renowned for its temples and archaeological remains.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.