An aerial picture shows Rujm el-Hiri, an archaeological site of the early bronze age II period. Rujm el-Hiri, an ancient basalt rock structure, situated in the Golan Heights, about 16 kilometres ...

Called Rujm el-Hiri, it is often referred to as the 'Stonehenge of the East' due to its similarities to the English monument. Roughly 16 kilometres inland from the Sea of Galilee, it is made up of ...

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Archaeologists have discovered that the famed monument of Rujm el-Hiri in the Golan Heights, popularly called “Stonehenge of the East”, has drifted tens of metres since its construction 5,000 ...

Archaeologists have discovered that the famed monument of Rujm el-Hiri in the Golan Heights, popularly called “Stonehenge of the East”, has drifted tens of metres since its construction 5,000 years ...

Rujm el-Hiri is a vast stone monument near the Sea of Galilee, which has long puzzled archaeologists. Often called the “Stonehenge of the East” or the “Wheel of Ghosts,” the nearly 5,000 ...

Archaeologists think the oldest parts of the Rujm el-Hiri stone circle in the Golan Heights were built more than 6,000 years ago. | Credit: Samion Buchas via Shutterstock An ancient and enigmatic ...

A new analysis of the 6,000-year-old stone circle known as Rujm el-Hiri (also Gilgal Refaim) in Golan Heights suggests that it was not built to observe the heavens. When you purchase through links ...

Rujm el-Hiri, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the East” with a 492-foot diameter, has baffled experts since it was discovered in 1968. A new study shows that the tectonic plates near the Sea of ...