Located in the Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV12 is an unusual tomb, used initially 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, rather like KV5.
The builders of KV9 broke into KV12 whilst excavating that tomb. During the excavation, rumours of the second tomb circulated throughout the camp. However, leading scientists dismissed the idea and continued. Little did they realise the mistake that was about to be made. The tomb diggers broke through the ground into the tomb only to find the remains of multiple family members in the new burial. Researchers are still working on identifying the family members and collecting the other artefacts at the tomb.
