Secrets of the pyramids

Missing for centuries, where are the final resting places of some of history’s greatest figures?

With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism–and there are far more of them than you might imagine, says Tom Howells

EGYPT

HAPPY birthday, dear Liv.” Olivia did her best not to roll her eyes. She would never be so ungracious – Jan was, after all, her oldest friend! She weighed the flat, rectangular parcel in her hand. “Yo

For 5000 years a boulder stood unremarked in a Dorset valley, until one summer day an archaeologist noticed something curious about it...

Paris, 1777-1782