Dec. 22, 2008: Today in Pictures
An Egyptian laborer walks near one the two newly discovered tombs in the Saqqara burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis, about 12 miles south of Cairo, Egypt, on Monday. Egypt's top archaeologist says two pharaonic tombs discovered this year at Saqqara indicate the sprawling necropolis south of Cairo is even larger than previously thought. Nasser Nasser / AP