KV42
E904037
KV42 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, associated with the New Kingdom necropolis of pharaohs and elites.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KV42 canonical | 3 |
| KV42 (disputed) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11086590 — 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: KV42 Context triple: [KV43, nearbyTomb, KV42]
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A.
KV43
KV43 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV.
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B.
KV47
KV47 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, built for the 20th Dynasty pharaoh Siptah.
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C.
KV62
KV62 is the famous tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered largely intact in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.
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D.
KV5
KV5 is a large, multi-chambered tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial complex for the sons of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
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E.
KV22
KV22 is the rock-cut royal tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III.
- 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: KV42 Target entity description: KV42 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, associated with the New Kingdom necropolis of pharaohs and elites.
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A.
KV43
KV43 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings that served as the burial place of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose IV.
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B.
KV47
KV47 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, built for the 20th Dynasty pharaoh Siptah.
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C.
KV62
KV62 is the famous tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, discovered largely intact in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.
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D.
KV5
KV5 is a large, multi-chambered tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial complex for the sons of Pharaoh Ramesses II.
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E.
KV22
KV22 is the rock-cut royal tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Amenhotep III.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
ⓘ
rock-cut tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
New Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
New Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom elites ⓘ pharaohs of the New Kingdom ⓘ pharaonic necropolis ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Kings Valley tomb numbering system ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culture |
Ancient Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Pharaonic Egypt
|
| designation | KV42 ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Nile Valley ⓘ |
| hasAccess | modern tourist and archaeological access ⓘ |
| hasAccessType | rock-cut corridor ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSiteType | tomb ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | desert wadi ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
burial place
ⓘ
funerary monument ⓘ |
| hasHeritageType | archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasOrientation | cut into limestone cliffs ⓘ |
| heritageContext | World-famous Valley of the Kings necropolis ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Thebes necropolis
ⓘ
linked to:
Theban Necropolis
Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Luxor Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Luxor ⓘ |
| locatedOn | west bank of the Nile ⓘ |
| partOf |
Theban Necropolis
ⓘ
Valley of the Kings tomb complex ⓘ
linked to:
Valley of the Kings
|
| period | New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| usedFor |
elite burials
ⓘ
royal necropolis ⓘ |
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: KV42 Description of subject: KV42 is an ancient Egyptian tomb in the Valley of the Kings on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, associated with the New Kingdom necropolis of pharaohs and elites.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: KV42