In 1955, archaeologist Dr. Sean O'Riordan of Trinity College, Dublin, made an interesting discovery during an excavation of the Mound of Hostages at Tara, site of ancient kingship of Ireland. Bronze Age skeletal remains were found of what has been argued to be a young prince, still wearing a rare necklace of faience beads, made from a paste of minerals and plant extracts that had been fired.

The skeleton was carbon dated to around 1350 BC. In 1956, J. F. Stone and L. C. Thomas reported that the faience beads were Egyptian: "In fact, when they were compared with Egyptian faience beads, they were found to be not only of identical manufacture but also of matching design.

The famous boy-king Tutankhamun was entombed around the same time as the Tara skeleton and the priceless golden collar around his mummy's neck was inlayed with matching conical, blue-green faience beads". An almost identical necklace was found in a Bronze Age burial mound at north Molton, Devon.

Lorraine Evans in her compelling book, Kingdom of the Ark, reveals archaeological connections between Egypt and Ireland. Evans argues that the connections between the two distant lands were plausible and there is archaeological evidence to support the theory.

In 1937 in North Ferriby, Yorkshire, the remains of an ancient boat were discovered. While thought to be a Viking longship at first, continued excavation produced additional ships, wrecked in a storm. Further investigation showed that the boats were much older than Viking ships and were of a type found in the Mediterranean. It was concluded that
these boats originated from 2000 years before the Viking age and were radiocarbon dated to around 1400 to 1350 BC.

Evans then makes connections to argue that these boats could originate from Egypt, as the timeframe fits the dating of the faience beads. While investigating the origins of the people of Scotland in the Bower manuscript, the Scotichronicon, she discovers the story of Scota, the Egyptian princess and daughter of a pharaoh who fled from Egypt with her husband Gaythelos with a large following of people who arrive in a fleet of ships. They settled in Scotland for a while amongst the natives, until they were forced to leave and landed in Ireland, where they formed the Scotti, and their kings became the high kings of Ireland. In later centuries, they returned to Scotland, defeating the Picts, and giving Scotland its name.

Evans then posits the questions: Was the Tara necklace a gift from the Egyptians to a local chieftain after their arrival? Or was the Tara prince actually Egyptian himself? According to Bower's manuscript, Scota's descendants were the high kings of Ireland. In her quest to discover the true identity of `Scota,' as it was not an Egyptian name, she finds within Bower's manuscript that Scota's father is actually named as being Achencres, a Greek version of an Egyptian name. In the work of Manetho, an Egyptian priest, Evans discovers the translation of the name—the pharaoh Achencres was none other than Akhenaten, who reigned in the correct timeframe of 1350 BC. Evans believes that Scota was Meritaten, eldest daughter of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. The third eldest daughter, Ankhesenpaaten, married her half-brother, King Tutankhamun, son of Akhenaten and his secondary wife, Kiya. The controversial religious shift to the god

Aten caused conflict with the Amun priesthood, who reasserted their authority after Akhenaten's reign ended and he disappeared from history. This conflict and the rumored deaths by plague would have been sufficient motivation for the pharaoh's eldest daughter to accept a foreign prince in marriage, rather than being Tut's wife as would have been normal protocol, and to flee from the conflicted country.
http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article1693.html
http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198506/ireland.s.cleopatra.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/lebor-gab-la-renn-1
http://www.nls.uk/scotlandspages/timeline/1454.html

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--- In hilloftara@yahoogroups.com, Vincent Salafia <uatuathal@...>
wrote:
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> One country we want to talk to more is Egypt. If people know of
legendary, historical, mythical, and spiritual connections between
Tara and Ireland, please send some links to sources, and we will use
them.
>
> There is also a representative of the Holy See in Rome, who kindly
said he would review the matter. Some other parties are working with
us to see what procedural mechanisms, both formal and informal, might
be available.
>
> All the best for now,
>
> Vincent
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