KV21
| KV21 | |
|---|---|
| Burial site of two female mummies | |
KV21 schematic | |
KV21 | |
| Coordinates | 25°44′22.5″N 32°36′10.8″E / 25.739583°N 32.603000°E |
| Location | East Valley of the Kings |
| Discovered | 9 October 1817 |
| Excavated by | Giovanni Belzoni (1817) James Burton (mapped, 1825) Donald P. Ryan (1989) |
| Layout | Straight axis |
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Tomb KV21 is an ancient Egyptian tomb located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It was discovered in 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni and later re-excavated by Donald P. Ryan in 1989. It contains the mummies of two women, thought to be Eighteenth Dynasty queens. In 2010, a team headed by Zahi Hawass used DNA evidence to tentatively identify one mummy, KV21A, as the biological mother of the two fetuses preserved in the tomb of King Tutankhamun.