KV20
E461480
KV20 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, notable as one of the earliest and deepest in the necropolis and associated with Pharaoh Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| KV20 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4681788 — 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: KV20 Context triple: [Hatshepsut, tomb, KV20]
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A.
KV9
KV9 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial place of Pharaohs Ramesses V and Ramesses VI and for its well-preserved, richly decorated corridors and chambers.
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B.
KV7
KV7 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings built as the burial place of the pharaoh Ramesses II.
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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.
KV8
KV8 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Merenptah, notable for its large scale and well-preserved reliefs.
- 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: KV20 Target entity description: KV20 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, notable as one of the earliest and deepest in the necropolis and associated with Pharaoh Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose I.
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A.
KV9
KV9 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, best known as the burial place of Pharaohs Ramesses V and Ramesses VI and for its well-preserved, richly decorated corridors and chambers.
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B.
KV7
KV7 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings built as the burial place of the pharaoh Ramesses II.
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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.
KV8
KV8 is the rock-cut tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings built for the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Merenptah, notable for its large scale and well-preserved reliefs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian tomb
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ royal tomb ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hatshepsut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
KV38
ⓘ
KV42 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsBurialOf |
Hatshepsut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Howard Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationEndYear | 1904 ⓘ |
| excavationStartYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| findsInclude |
canopic equipment fragments
ⓘ
funerary furniture fragments ⓘ sarcophagus of Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ sarcophagus of Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalType | rock-cut tomb ⓘ |
| hasBurialChamberFor |
Hatshepsut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCurrentCondition | partially accessible ⓘ |
| hasDecorationStyle | early 18th Dynasty style ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
deep location below wadi floor
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multiple chambers ⓘ steeply descending corridors ⓘ |
| hasKVDesignation | KV20 ⓘ |
| hasPlanType | curving descending corridor ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
earliest royal tomb in Valley of the Kings
ⓘ
important for development of royal tomb architecture in New Kingdom ⓘ important for study of Hatshepsut’s reign ⓘ |
| isOneOfDeepestTombsIn | Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOfEarliestTombsIn | Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs | Tomb KV20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterOwner | Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Valley of the Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNecropolis | Theban Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Upper Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Luxor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnBankOf | Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orientation | curved axis rather than straight axis ⓘ |
| partOf | World Heritage Site Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| possiblyReusedBy | Hatshepsut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| probableOriginalOwner | Thutmose I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tombNumber | 20 ⓘ |
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: KV20 Description of subject: KV20 is an ancient Egyptian royal tomb in the Valley of the Kings, notable as one of the earliest and deepest in the necropolis and associated with Pharaoh Hatshepsut and her father Thutmose I.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.