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 / 25.740000; 32.600417
Location	East Valley of the Kings
Discovered	Open in antiquity
Excavated by	Harold Jones (1908–09) Howard Carter (1920–21) Otto Schaden
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. During the modern excavation of KV9, rumors of the second tomb had circulated throughout the camp, however, leading scientists dismissed the idea and continued on. The tomb diggers broke through the ground into the tomb only to find the remains of multiple family members in the KV12. Researchers are still working on identifying the family members and collecting the other artifacts in the tomb.^{[citation needed]}

• Reeves, N & Wilkinson, R.H. The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996, Thames and Hudson, London.
• Siliotti, A. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples, 1996, A.A. Gaddis, Cairo.

• Theban Mapping Project: KV12 includes description, images, and plans of the tomb.
• Images showing KV12 and KV9