KV12
| KV12 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of Unknown personages | |
 KV9 and KV12 schematic | |
  KV12 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′24.0″N 32°36′01.5″E / 25.740000°N 32.600417°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | Open in antiquity |
| Excavated by |
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| Decoration | Undecorated |
| Layout | Straight axis |
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Located in the Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV12 is an unusual tomb, used originally in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, and then again in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties. It was probably used for multiple burials of royal family members, similarly to KV5.
The builders of KV9 broke unintentionally into KV12 whilst excavating that tomb. [1] James Burton, who visited the tomb in the 1820s or 1830s, recorded the presence of mummified remains. [2]
References
[edit]- Pinch-Brock, L., Collisions, Abandonments, Alterations, Tomb Commencements/Pits, and Other Features in the Valley of the Kings, in The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings, 2014, Oxford University Press.
- Reeves, N. & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
External links
[edit]- Theban Mapping Project: KV12 includes description, images, and plans of the tomb.
- Images showing KV12 and KV9
