The Rujm el-Hiri site in the Golan Heights has been shrouded in mystery as new research indicates that it may not have been an astronomical observatory as originally theorized, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Galilee ...

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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 ...

Rujm el-Hiri, dubbed the “Stonehenge of the East ... Every year, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan Heights shift between 0.3 and 0.6 inches. That means Ruim el-Hiri, located ...

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 ...