Al-Khazneh (The Treasury)
E385731
Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) is an iconic rock-cut temple-tomb in Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic-style façade carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Al-Khazneh | 6 |
| Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) canonical | 2 |
| Royal Tombs of Petra | 2 |
| Al-Khazneh (the Treasury) | 1 |
| The Siq façades at Petra | 1 |
| The Treasury (Al-Khazneh) | 1 |
| The Treasury at Petra | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3758141 — 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: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) Context triple: [Nabataean city of Petra, knownFor, Al-Khazneh (The Treasury)]
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A.
Desert Temple
Desert Temple is a naturally generated sandstone pyramid-like structure in Minecraft’s desert biomes, featuring hidden traps and valuable loot chests.
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B.
Altar of the Kings
Altar of the Kings is a richly ornamented Baroque altarpiece inside Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, renowned for its elaborate gilded carvings and religious iconography.
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C.
Kharax Palace
Kharax Palace is a historic residence on the Crimean coast, best known as an example of architect Nikolay Krasnov’s elegant late 19th–early 20th century palace design.
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D.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
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E.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is a prominent, steep rock-and-ice section on K2’s Abruzzi Spur route that poses one of the climb’s most technically challenging and dangerous obstacles.
- 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: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) Target entity description: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) is an iconic rock-cut temple-tomb in Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic-style façade carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
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A.
Desert Temple
Desert Temple is a naturally generated sandstone pyramid-like structure in Minecraft’s desert biomes, featuring hidden traps and valuable loot chests.
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B.
Altar of the Kings
Altar of the Kings is a richly ornamented Baroque altarpiece inside Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, renowned for its elaborate gilded carvings and religious iconography.
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C.
Kharax Palace
Kharax Palace is a historic residence on the Crimean coast, best known as an example of architect Nikolay Krasnov’s elegant late 19th–early 20th century palace design.
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D.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
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E.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is a prominent, steep rock-and-ice section on K2’s Abruzzi Spur route that poses one of the climb’s most technically challenging and dangerous obstacles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nabataean tomb
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ monument ⓘ rock-cut temple-tomb ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessedVia |
The Siq
ⓘ
surface form:
the Siq (narrow gorge)
|
| alsoKnownAs |
Khaznat al-Farid
ⓘ
The Treasury ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Classical architecture
ⓘ
Hellenistic style ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Nabataean
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataeans
|
| conservationIssues |
damage from weathering and tourism
ⓘ
erosion of sandstone ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| country | Jordan ⓘ |
| culture |
Nabataean
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean civilization
|
| dedicatedTo |
Nabataean kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabataean royal family
|
| elevation | approximately 800 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| façadeHeight | approximately 39.1 meters ⓘ |
| façadeWidth | approximately 25 meters ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
various documentaries about Petra ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Corinthian order
ⓘ
surface form:
Corinthian columns
broken pediment ⓘ central tholos ⓘ friezes and relief sculptures ⓘ portico ⓘ rock-cut interior chambers ⓘ two-story façade ⓘ urn crowning the tholos ⓘ |
| hasLegend | urn on top contains hidden treasure ⓘ |
| hasUse |
ceremonial monument
ⓘ
royal tomb ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf |
Petra
ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site Petra
|
| inscriptionStatus | no major surviving inscriptions on façade ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jordan
ⓘ
Ma’an Governorate ⓘ
surface form:
Ma'an Governorate
Petra ⓘ |
| material |
rose-red sandstone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Arabic word "khazneh" meaning "treasury" ⓘ |
| near | entrance of Petra ⓘ |
| partOf |
Petra
ⓘ
surface form:
Petra Archaeological Park
|
| probableConstructionDate | reign of Aretas IV Philopatris ⓘ |
| religion | Nabataean religion ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
Jordanian national heritage
ⓘ
Petra ⓘ |
| tourismImportance | one of the most visited sites in Jordan ⓘ |
| UNESCOListingYear | 1985 (as part of Petra) ⓘ |
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: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) Description of subject: Al-Khazneh (The Treasury) is an iconic rock-cut temple-tomb in Petra, Jordan, renowned for its elaborate Hellenistic-style façade carved into rose-red sandstone cliffs.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh
this entity surface form:
Royal Tombs of Petra
this entity surface form:
The Siq façades at Petra
this entity surface form:
Royal Tombs of Petra
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh
subject surface form:
The Treasury (Petra)
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh
subject surface form:
The Treasury (Petra)
this entity surface form:
The Treasury at Petra
this entity surface form:
The Treasury (Al-Khazneh)
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh (the Treasury)
this entity surface form:
Al-Khazneh