Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an archaeological reserve in Azerbaijan renowned for its thousands of ancient petroglyphs, rock engravings, and evidence of prehistoric human life.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape canonical | 1 |
| Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve | 1 |
| Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1264877 — 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: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Context triple: [Azerbaijan, UNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Russia renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved defensive structures that once controlled a key passage between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus.
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D.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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E.
K2 archaeological site
The K2 archaeological site is an Iron Age settlement in South Africa known for its early evidence of complex social organization and trade that preceded the rise of the Mapungubwe kingdom.
- 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: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Target entity description: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an archaeological reserve in Azerbaijan renowned for its thousands of ancient petroglyphs, rock engravings, and evidence of prehistoric human life.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent
Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Russia renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved defensive structures that once controlled a key passage between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus.
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D.
Gobekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe is an ancient archaeological site in southeastern Turkey, dating to the 10th millennium BCE, renowned for its massive T-shaped stone pillars and status as one of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complexes.
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E.
K2 archaeological site
The K2 archaeological site is an Iron Age settlement in South Africa known for its early evidence of complex social organization and trade that preceded the rise of the Mapungubwe kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
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cultural landscape ⓘ rock art site ⓘ |
| contains |
Roman inscription
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burial mounds ⓘ caves ⓘ mud volcanoes ⓘ rock shelters ⓘ settlement remains ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfPetroglyphs | over 6000 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Boyukdash
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Jingirdag ⓘ Kichikdash ⓘ Yazili Tepe ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceOf |
ancient dance scenes
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ancient hunting scenes ⓘ animal depictions ⓘ boat depictions ⓘ burial sites ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ prehistoric dwellings ⓘ prehistoric human life ⓘ ritual sites ⓘ |
| hasMuseum |
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum
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| heritageSignificance | outstanding universal value for rock art ⓘ |
| IUCNCategory | III ⓘ |
| knownFor |
archaeological remains
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petroglyphs ⓘ prehistoric rock art ⓘ rock engravings ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Gobustan District ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Caspian Sea ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Baku ⓘ |
| protectedAs |
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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surface form:
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve
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| region | Caucasus ⓘ |
| RomanInscriptionDate | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| RomanInscriptionMentions | Legio XII Fulminata ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Bronze Age
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Mesolithic ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ Neolithic ⓘ Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory | Cultural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(iii)
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(v) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId | 1076 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape Description of subject: Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is an archaeological reserve in Azerbaijan renowned for its thousands of ancient petroglyphs, rock engravings, and evidence of prehistoric human life.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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hasMuseum
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Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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this entity surface form:
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve Museum
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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protectedAs
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Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape
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this entity surface form:
Gobustan State Historical and Artistic Reserve