Located in the
Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV12 is an unusual tomb, used originally in the
Eighteenth Dynasty of
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...
, 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.
James Burton, who visited the tomb in the 1820s or 1830s, recorded the presence of mummified remains.
[ Reeves & Wilkinson p. 109]
References
* 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
Theban Mapping Project: KV12includes description, images, and plans of the tomb.
Images showing KV12 and KV9
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Valley of the Kings