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 ...

larger than Rujm el-Hiri, features concentric rings and a labyrinthine internal design that mirrors the radial walls and central cairn of the Golan Heights site. Similarly, a Minoan structure in ...

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 ...