Egypt uncovers 3,000-year-old mummies in the Valley of the Kings

Some good news from my country:

-The perfectly preserved coffins hidden under a mound of sand were discovered by an Egyptian team of archaeologists by accident.

LUXOR, Egypt — Colorful wooden coffins adorned with paintings and inscriptions that were recently discovered by a team of Egyptian archaeologists were opened on Saturday to reveal perfectly preserved mummies.

The 30 sealed coffins were found by accident under a mound behind the Asasif Necropolis on the west bank of the Nile river, Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general for Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, told NBC News

"I'm very happy we found this discovery with Egyptian hands," Waziri said.

The archaeologists were conducting an unrelated dig when someone noticed what appeared to be the face of a coffin, Waziri explained. They continued digging to discover a cachette of coffins stacked in two layers only a few feet under the sand.

The coffins are estimated to be 3,000 years old and belonged to men, women and two children, who were most likely priests.

Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities has described the coffins as one of the "biggest and most important" discoveries in recent years.

On Saturday, glove-clad archaeologists delicately pried open two of the coffins to uncover perfectly preserved mummies — one man and one woman — wrapped in cloth. One had a piece of skull visible.