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Rick Steves' Europe

Art Bites 111: Prehistoric Tombs and Necropoli in Ireland and Orkney

Thousands of years before Christ — and long before the pyramids of Egypt — mysterious societies in Europe built necropoli and tombs. In remote corners like Ireland and the isle of Orkney, they line up with the sun and indicate a kind of religion and a concern for the afterlife.