MORNING WITH MORE. WHAT A SPECTACULAR SCENE THERE.
>> Reporter: HEY, GOOD MORNING,
GUYS.
GUYS. GOOD MORNING FROM THE VALLEY OF
THE KINGS.
THE KINGS. THOSE COFFINS WERE FOUND JUST A
FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY.
WE GOT A SNEAK PEEK THIS
MORNING.
MORNING. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
AND ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXPLAIN THEY
WERE EXTRAORDINARILY PRESERVED
BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF A
CASHET.
CASHET. THEY WERE HIDDEN FROM TOMB
RAIDERS.
RAIDERS. THEY WERE STACKED LIKE THIS, ONE
ON TOP OF ANOTHER.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 30.
NOW, LISTEN TO WHAT ALL THE HYPE
IS ABOUT.
IS ABOUT. THIS MORNING, THE EYES OF THE
WORLD ARE ONCE AGAIN ON EGYPT.
TODAY, DOWN NEAR THE VALLEY OF
THE KINGS ON THE WEST BANK
BEHINDBENEAR
BEHINDBENEAR MODERN DAY LUXOR, SCIENTISTS
DISCOVERED 20 EGYPTIAN COFFINS
IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
>> COMPLETELY BY ACCIDENT.
WE HAD NO PLAN OF EXCAVATING.
THIS WAS BY ACCIDENT.
AND THEY FOUND THE CASHET WITH
THE COFFINS.
THE COFFINS. >> Reporter: TODAY’S COFFIN
OPENING, A POTENTIAL BONANZA FOR
ARCHAEOLOGISTS, WORKING TO
FIGURE OUT HOW OLD THEY ARE AND
WHO MIGHT BE BURIED INSIDE.
>> INSIDE, IN FACT, MUMMIES.
>> Reporter: THE INTRICATE
ENGRAVING SUGGEST THE COFFINS
WERE MADE FOR IMPORTANT PEOPLE,
PRIESTS OR WEALTHY NOBLES.
MOST OF THE TOMBS ARE FROM THE
LATE PERIOD OF ANCIENT EGYPT,
664 TO 332 B.C.
BUT THESE TOMBS APPEAR TO BE
MUCH OLDER AND PERFECTLY
PRESERVED.
PRESERVED. >> THEY WERE HIDDEN IN A CACHE.
THIS CACHET IS HIDDEN MORE THAN
2,500 YEARS AGO.
THIS CACHE WILL BE THE MOST
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF 2019.
>> Reporter: TODAY’S REVEAL
COMES A WEEK AFTER ANOTHER MAJOR
DISCOVERY IN THE LOXUXOR REGION.
A SPRAWLING INDUSTRIAL SITE.
AND THE NEXT BIG FIND MAY BE A
ROYAL TOMB ITSELF.
>> BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR,
I WILL REVEAL THE ROYAL TOMB.
>> MOLLY, THIS IS A HUGE
DISCOVERY.
DISCOVERY. CLEARLY THE FOLKS THERE ARE
PRETTY EXCITED.
PRETTY EXCITED. >> Reporter: PRETTY EXCITED IS
AN UNDERSTATEMENT, SHEINELLE.
YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN A MEDIA
SCRUM UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN 100
EGYPTIAN CAMERAMEN VYING FOR THE
PERFECT SHOT.
PERFECT SHOT. THEY OPENED TWO OF THE COFFINS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. I WAS A FOOT AWAY, AS THE
ARCHAEOLOGISTS OPENED THE TOP
VERY DELICATELY.
VERY DELICATELY. INSIDE, OF COURSE, THERE WAS A
PERFECTLY PRESERVED MUMMY.
JUST AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE,
WRAPPED IN RAP RICK.WRAP
ED IN FABRIC.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT
WAS 2,500 YEARS, 2,000 YEARS.
THEY BELIEVE THE MUMMIES ARE
FROM ABOUT 3,000 YEARS OLD.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. >> Reporter: THEY ARE SO
PERFECTLY PRESERVED, IT’S
ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY. >> TO BE CLEAR, DO THEY HAVE ANY
IDEA WHO THOSE FOLKS ARE?
WHO WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT
TREATMENT 2,500-SOMETHING YEARS
AGO?
AGO? >> Reporter: 3,000 YEARS AGO,
THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION, PETER.
THAT’S NOW THE WORK THAT BEGINS.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE GUESSING
ABOUT 3,000 YEARS AGO.
THEY’RE SAYING BECAUSETHE COFFIN
SO DESIGNED, THEY WEREN’T BURIED
IN TOMBS.
IN TOMBS. THEY WEREN’T ROYALS.
THEY WERE IMPORTANT, POWERFUL
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. THEY ARE SUGGESTING PRESIESTESSE
SAME COLORS, SAME DESIGNS, EXACT
SAME STORIES, EXACT HIEROGLYPHIC
DESIGNS.
DESIGNS. THEY ARE GUESSING THEY WERE DONE
AT THE SAME WORKSHOP.
>> SO MANY QUESTIONS.
>> THAT’S A GREAT ASSIGNMENT.
MOLLY, I’M GLAD YOU WERE THERE
FOR THAT EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS LIKE A SCENE FROM
"RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK."
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG.
AND YOU GET A PIECE OF COPPER.