mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

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ancient Egyptian temple archaeological site mortuary temple

The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is an ancient terraced funerary complex at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, renowned for its grand colonnades and reliefs celebrating one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut	2
mortuary temple of Hatshepsut canonical	2
temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3702625 — 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: mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Context triple: [west bank of the Nile, contains, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut]

A. mortuary temple of Amenemhat III
The mortuary temple of Amenemhat III is an ancient Egyptian funerary complex at Hawara, famed in antiquity for its labyrinthine layout and association with the 12th Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat III.
B. Menkaure mortuary temple
The Menkaure mortuary temple is an ancient Egyptian funerary complex adjoining the Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza, built to serve as the king’s cult center and site of ongoing offerings after his death.
C. Valley Temple of Khafre
The Valley Temple of Khafre is an ancient Egyptian mortuary temple at Giza, notable for its massive limestone and granite construction and its role in the funerary complex of the pharaoh Khafre.
D. Temple of Seti I
The Temple of Seti I is a New Kingdom mortuary and religious temple in Abydos, Egypt, renowned for its well-preserved reliefs and the Abydos King List of pharaohs.
E. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
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: mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Target entity description: The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is an ancient terraced funerary complex at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor, renowned for its grand colonnades and reliefs celebrating one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs.

A. mortuary temple of Amenemhat III
The mortuary temple of Amenemhat III is an ancient Egyptian funerary complex at Hawara, famed in antiquity for its labyrinthine layout and association with the 12th Dynasty pharaoh Amenemhat III.
B. Menkaure mortuary temple
The Menkaure mortuary temple is an ancient Egyptian funerary complex adjoining the Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza, built to serve as the king’s cult center and site of ongoing offerings after his death.
C. Valley Temple of Khafre
The Valley Temple of Khafre is an ancient Egyptian mortuary temple at Giza, notable for its massive limestone and granite construction and its role in the funerary complex of the pharaoh Khafre.
D. Temple of Seti I
The Temple of Seti I is a New Kingdom mortuary and religious temple in Abydos, Egypt, renowned for its well-preserved reliefs and the Abydos King List of pharaohs.
E. Ramesseum
The Ramesseum is the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Ramesses II on Luxor’s west bank, renowned for its colossal statues and richly decorated reliefs celebrating his reign and military victories.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ mortuary temple ⓘ
alignedWith	Temple of Karnak across the Nile ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Djeser-Djeseru ⓘ
architect	Senenmut NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder	Hatshepsut ⓘ
commissionedBy	Hatshepsut ⓘ
constructionCompleted	circa 1458 BCE ⓘ
constructionStarted	circa 1479 BCE ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
damagedBy	Thutmose III ⓘ later iconoclasts ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Hatshepsut ⓘ surface form: Pharaoh Hatshepsut
dedicatedToDeity	Amun ⓘ Anubis ⓘ Hathor ⓘ
dynasty	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
excavatedBy	Egypt Exploration Society ⓘ surface form: Egypt Exploration Fund Édouard Naville NERFINISHED ⓘ
excavationStarted	1890s ⓘ
faces	east ⓘ
function	funerary complex ⓘ mortuary cult temple ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle	colonnaded temple ⓘ terraced temple ⓘ
hasFeature	Punt colonnade ⓘ birth colonnade ⓘ Anubis chapel ⓘ surface form: chapel of Anubis chapel of Hathor ⓘ grand colonnades ⓘ hypostyle halls ⓘ long ramps connecting terraces ⓘ reliefs depicting divine birth of Hatshepsut ⓘ reliefs depicting the expedition to Punt ⓘ rock-cut sanctuary ⓘ sanctuary of Amun ⓘ statues of Hatshepsut as pharaoh ⓘ three terraced levels ⓘ
hasReliefTheme	legitimization of Hatshepsut’s kingship ⓘ offerings to gods ⓘ processions and rituals ⓘ
locatedIn	Deir el-Bahri ⓘ surface form: Deir el-Bahari
locatedNear	Luxor ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Nile ⓘ
material	limestone ⓘ
meaningOfName	Djeser-Djeseru means "Holy of Holies" ⓘ
modernNameInArabic	Deir el-Bahri ⓘ surface form: Deir el-Bahari
nearbySite	terraced mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahari ⓘ surface form: Mortuary Temple of Mentuhotep II Temple of Thutmose III (Djeser Akhet) ⓘ surface form: Temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahari
partOf	Deir el-Bahri ⓘ surface form: Deir el-Bahari temple complex Theban Necropolis ⓘ
period	New Kingdom ⓘ
suffered	damnatio memoriae against Hatshepsut ⓘ
touristAttraction	major site near Luxor ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	part of Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1979 ⓘ
usedFor	religious festivals ⓘ rituals honoring Amun and Hatshepsut ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

west bank of the Nile → contains → mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ

Punt → documentedAt → mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ

this entity surface form: temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri

Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → primaryFunction → mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ

Deir el-Bahri → hasMainTemple → mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahri → contains → mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ⓘ