Egypt Opens Ancient Coffins To Find Perfectly Preserved Mummies | NBC Nightly News

The lid of the coffin was opened and carefully lifted into a

perfectly

intact mummy wrapped in cloth with a little school showing he heard Molly coming. I am very happy and very proud of this discovery, dr. Mustapha Waziri led the Egyptian team that discovered the

coffins

his team was digging in the area, but that's not why anyone first saw a painted wooden face. City, what can you easily configure? Yes, this is the beginning of one of the 18 wooden

coffins

, how deep are they? He said it's only three feet then I came with the minister ghosts quickly take those 18 coffins and then we need them there were 12 more coffee they were like this layer by layer two layers exactly like that the two layers of coffins 30 in total including two children hidden in a hiding place to protect them from thieves and looting also protected from vibrant blue, green and red elements 3000 years later look at the ages of the loaded base there are no missing pieces it means there are no termites which is determined to be the most dangerous termites loved one of course now the work begins who were these people archaeologists no, they were powerful quite sure they were priests but what did they die from and are there closer right in front of one of the most famous temples in the Valley of the Kings that those

mummies

were found almost right in front, just a few hundred meters that way, but the whole thing is basically an active excavation site.

Check it there and archaeologists say they haven't even found half of what could be buried here. Dr. Waziri reduces that number and believes they have only found a third of what could still exist in the long-sought tomb of Queen Nefertiti, so today they celebrate raising hope for the next big discovery that the money we found is uncovering. with Egyptian Pants, thank you only on NBC News in Luxor Egypt Hello NBC News fans, thank you for visiting our YouTube channel, subscribe by clicking that button here and click on any of the videos here to see the latest interviews, what highlights and digital exclusives, thank you. to see