KV44
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KV44 is an ancient, little-explored tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, dating to the New Kingdom and known for its secondary burials and later reuse.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KV44 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11086591 — 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: KV44 Context triple: [KV43, nearbyTomb, KV44]
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A.
KV42
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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B.
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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C.
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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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.
KV34
KV34 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, notable for its early New Kingdom decoration and unique plan.
- 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: KV44 Target entity description: KV44 is an ancient, little-explored tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, dating to the New Kingdom and known for its secondary burials and later reuse.
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A.
KV42
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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B.
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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C.
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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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.
KV34
KV34 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, notable for its early New Kingdom decoration and unique plan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
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rock-cut tomb ⓘ |
| associatedPeriod | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Valley of the Kings numbering system ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Egyptian funerary culture ⓘ |
| datingTo |
18th–20th Dynasties (approximate)
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New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSignificance |
evidence of later reuse
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evidence of secondary burials ⓘ |
| hasExplorationStatus | little-explored ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
burial chamber
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rock-cut shaft ⓘ |
| hasPreservationState | partially disturbed ⓘ |
| hasResearchPotential |
study of reuse of royal necropolis tombs
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study of secondary interments in the Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| hasTombNumber | KV44 ⓘ |
| hasUse |
later reuse
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primary burial ⓘ secondary burials ⓘ |
| isComparedWith | other small tombs in the Valley of the Kings ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Egypt
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Luxor ⓘ Valley of the Kings ⓘ West Bank of the Nile ⓘ
linked to:
west bank of the Nile
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| originalFunction | elite burial ⓘ |
| partOf | Theban Necropolis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: KV44 Description of subject: KV44 is an ancient, little-explored tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, dating to the New Kingdom and known for its secondary burials and later reuse.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.