Located in El-Assasif, it is part of the Theban Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile, opposite to Luxor.

The tomb is the burial place of the ancient Egyptian Padiamenope, who was Prophet and Chief Lector Priest during the 26th Dynasty.

[2] Although it was open when Richard Pocoke visited the area in 1737 (he thought it was a subterranean palace) it was more fully examined and excavated in 1881 by Johannes Dümichen from the University of Strasbourg.

During 2004–2005, a joint team from the IFAO (French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, Cairo, Egypt) and the University of Strasbourg explored the chambers of the huge tomb.

For example, in November of that year, 1000 ushabti and an intact sarcophagus of a female mummy called Thuya was discovered, the latter dating to the 18th Dynasty.