KV12
Ancient Egyptian tomb
title: "KV12" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["valley-of-the-kings"] description: "Ancient Egyptian tomb" topic_path: "general/valley-of-the-kings" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KV12" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ancient Egyptian tomb ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | KV12 |
| owner | Unknown personages |
| image | KV9 & KV12a.jpg |
| caption | KV9 and KV12 schematic |
| coordinates | |
| location | East Valley of the Kings |
| date | Open in antiquity |
| excavated | {{Plainlist |
| decoration | Undecorated |
| layout | Straight axis |
| prev | KV11 |
| next | KV13 |
| :: |
| name = KV12 | owner = Unknown personages | image =KV9 & KV12a.jpg | image_alt = | caption =KV9 and KV12 schematic | coordinates = | map_alt = | location = East Valley of the Kings | date = Open in antiquity | excavated = {{Plainlist|
- Harold Jones (1908–09)
- Howard Carter (1920–21)
- Otto Schaden | decoration = Undecorated | layout = Straight axis | prev = KV11 | next = KV13 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. James Burton, who visited the tomb in the 1820s or 1830s, recorded the presence of mummified remains.
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.
References
- Pinch-Brock p. 118-119
- Reeves & Wilkinson p. 109
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