Hi Sam,

"he crept forward on his hands and knees along the dreary vault, when lo! In a chamber at the further end a figure in white seemed to forbid his approach. "

Can you tell me where this comes from? If it dates from 1865 and the first excavation it's intriguing as it echoes Emmeline Fisher's lines on the opening of Silbury.

"Bones of our wild forefathers, O forgive,
If now we pierce the chambers of your rest,
And open your dark pillows to the eye
Of the irreverent day! Hark, as we move,
Runs no stern whisper down the narrow vault?
Flickers no shape across our torch-light pale,
With backward beckoning am? No, all is still."