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Top image: Aerial view of the Hill of Tara, in County Meath Ireland. Source: MNStudio / Adobe Stock

Cremated bones and a bead necklace in the Mound of the Hostages

Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland. about 5,000 years old. First cities. Myths and legends. Debated. Free

Debated. The mound is a real tomb. The page does not treat the high kings as a settled fact.

The Mound of the Hostages stands on the Hill of Tara, in County Meath, Ireland, near the River Boyne. It is a passage tomb about 5,000 years old, the oldest monument on the hill. The mound is about 15 metres across. A side entrance leads into a passage about 4 metres long, with old carvings. Archaeologists found cremated bones and grave goods from the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age. In one dig, they found the remains of a young person from about 1350 BC, with a necklace of beads thought to come from Egypt.

The page says the question of whether those beads came from Egypt is still little studied.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/following-footsteps-high-kings-ireland-sacred-hill-tara-005921