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 couldn’t have been an astronomical observatory, at least as we view it today. Why? Because the earth beneath it is moving. Every year, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan ...

Rujm el-Hiri couldn’t have been an astronomical observatory, at least as we view it today. Why? Because the earth beneath it is moving. Every year, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan Heights ...

The ancient site of Rujm el-Hiri, also called the “Wheel of Ghosts,” has intrigued historians for centuries. Once thought to be an astronomical observatory, new research challenges this belief ...

The ancient Rujm el-Hiri ('Wheel of Ghosts') site on the Golan Heights plateau in southwest Syria, is a marvel of a monument – previously thought to have originally served as an astronomical ...