KV12

Ancient Egyptian tomb

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. [1] James Burton, who visited the tomb in the 1820s or 1830s, recorded the presence of mummified remains. [2]

## References

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1. ^ Pinch-Brock p. 118-119
2. ^ Reeves & Wilkinson p. 109

* 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

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

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Valley of the Kings

Tombs
(minor)|

| East Valley|

* KV1 (Ramesses VII)
* KV2 (Ramesses IV)
* KV3 (son of Ramesses III)
* KV4 (Ramesses XI)
* KV5 (sons of Ramesses II)
* KV6 (Ramesses IX)
* KV7 (Ramesses II)
* KV8 (Merenptah)
* KV9 (Ramesses V and Ramesses VI)
* KV10 (Amenmesse)
* KV11 (Ramesses III)
* KV12
* KV13 (Bay)
* KV14 (Twosret and Sethnakhte)
* KV15 (Seti II)
* KV16 (Ramesses I)
* KV17 (Seti I)
* KV18 (Ramesses X)
* KV19 (Mentuherkhepeshef)
* KV20 (Hatshepsut)
* KV21
* KV26
* KV27
* KV28
* KV29
* KV30
* KV31
* KV32 (Tia'a)
* KV33
* KV34 (Thutmose III)
* KV35 (Amenhotep II)
* KV36 (Maiherpri)
* KV37
* KV38 (Thutmose I)
* KV39
* KV40
* KV41
* KV42 (Sennefer)
* KV43 (Thutmose IV)
* KV44
* KV45 (Userhet)
* KV46 (Yuya and Thuya)
* KV47 (Siptah)
* KV48 (Amenemipet)
* KV49
* KV50
* KV51
* KV52
* KV53
* KV54
* KV55
* KV56
* KV57 (Horemheb)
* KV58
* KV59
* KV60
* KV61
* KV62 (Tutankhamun)
* KV63
* KV64 (Nehmes Bastet)
* KV65

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West Valley|

* WV22 (Amenhotep III)
* WV23 (Ay)
* WV24
* WV25
* WVA

Exploration|

* Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun
* Theban Mapping Project

See also|

* Amarna Royal Tombs Project
* Deir el-Medina
* Royal Cache
* Valley of the Queens (burials)

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