Billed as the most important Coptic discovery found since the Nag Hammadi scripts found in 1945, (Polish) Egyptologists have uncovered a set of three ancient (6th Century AD) Coptic manuscripts in a tomb in Luxor, Egypt.

Nag-Hammadi manuscripts (Courtesy: Gnosis Archive)Copts were the ancient peoples of Egypt. The manuscripts were hidden in a Middle Kingdom (2000 to 1800 BC) tomb, perhaps kept there by the (Coptic) Christians who were being persecuted at the time by the Romans.
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities head Dr. Zahi Hawas said one of the manuscripts is 22.5 centimeters by 17 centimeters (nine by seven inches) and three centimeters thick. The second has 50 pages and a cover made of skin with ornaments, while the third (which also has 50 pages) is in a poorer state.
The experts will try to decipher the manuscripts, which should shed some interesting light on early Christianity. The Naga Hammadi manuscripts contain a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures; texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" -- scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth. Perhaps some such interesting documents will be deciphered from this batch, which will open up some new chapter in history.