Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
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The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central India renowned for their prehistoric cave paintings and evidence of early human habitation spanning the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
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| Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Context triple: [Madhya Pradesh, hasWorldHeritageSite, Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka]
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Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
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Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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C.
Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Hill Forts of Rajasthan is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of majestic Rajput military hill forts in India, renowned for their distinctive architecture, strategic locations, and historical significance.
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D.
Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
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E.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Target entity description: The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central India renowned for their prehistoric cave paintings and evidence of early human habitation spanning the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
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A.
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed desert region in southwestern Libya renowned for its thousands of prehistoric rock paintings and carvings that document over 12,000 years of human history and environmental change.
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B.
Arlington Springs Man site
The Arlington Springs Man site is a significant Paleoindian archaeological locality on Santa Rosa Island in California, where some of the oldest known human remains in North America were discovered.
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C.
Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Hill Forts of Rajasthan is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of majestic Rajput military hill forts in India, renowned for their distinctive architecture, strategic locations, and historical significance.
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D.
Khomanani Cultural Landscape
Khomanani Cultural Landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Africa recognized for its culturally significant landscapes shaped by long-standing interactions between local communities and their environment.
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E.
Khami Ruins
Khami Ruins is an archaeological site in southwestern Zimbabwe featuring the stone-built remains of a precolonial African city that succeeded Great Zimbabwe as a major political and trading center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World Heritage Site
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric art site ⓘ rock shelter complex ⓘ |
| associatedWith | South Asian Stone Age ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Central India ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Vishnu Shridhar Wakankar ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1957 ⓘ |
| distanceFromBhopal | about 45 km southeast ⓘ |
| earliestPaintingsDateTo | at least 30,000 years ago ⓘ |
| hasDepictionsOf |
animals
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dancing figures ⓘ geometric patterns ⓘ hunting scenes ⓘ warfare scenes ⓘ |
| hasEarliestEvidenceFrom | Paleolithic period ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFrom |
Chalcolithic period
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Mesolithic period ⓘ Neolithic period ⓘ early historic period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
continuous cultural sequence from Stone Age to historic period
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one of the earliest traces of human life on the Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| inscribedOnUNESCOWorldHeritageListAt | 27th session of the World Heritage Committee ⓘ |
| inscriptionLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| knownFor |
evidence of early human habitation
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prehistoric cave paintings ⓘ rock art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Madhya Pradesh
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Raisen district ⓘ Vindhya Range ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Bhopal ⓘ |
| managementAuthority | Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Bhopal ⓘ |
| numberOfPaintedShelters | about 400 ⓘ |
| numberOfRockShelters | more than 700 ⓘ |
| paintingsColorsInclude |
green
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red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| paintingsMadeWith | natural pigments ⓘ |
| partOf | Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary buffer zone ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
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(v) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2003 ⓘ |
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Subject: Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Description of subject: The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in central India renowned for their prehistoric cave paintings and evidence of early human habitation spanning the Paleolithic to the medieval period.
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