KV12

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.

KV12
Burial site of Unknown personages
KV9 and KV12 schematic
KV12
Coordinates	25°44′24.0″N 32°36′01.5″E
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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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]