For decades, it was believed that Rujm el-Hiri—an ancient stone megalith located on Syria’s Golan Heights plateau consisting of circular walls orbiting a central mound—was used as an ...

Rujm el-Hiri is located in Golan Heights (a region claimed both by Israel and Syria) and dates back around 6,000 years. It consists of a series of stone circles with a tumulus, or mound, in the ...

Hidden in Syria’s Golan Heights, the “Stonehenge of the East” holds centuries of secrets. Its shifting stones and intricate design reveal a tale of movement, adaptation, and ancient ingenuity. An ...

Rujm el-Hiri, an ancient basalt rock structure, situated in the Golan Heights, about 16 kilometres east of the Sea of Galilee, has been drifting tens of metres since its construction nearly 5,000 ...

Scientists studying a 5,000-year-old monument in the Middle East have made a startling discovery about the structure. Called Rujm el-Hiri, it is often referred to as the 'Stonehenge of the East ...

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 ...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons. 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 ...

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.

Rujm el-Hiri, an ancient labyrinth-style structure believed to be nearly 5,000 years old, ... Every year, the tectonic plates in the area around Golan Heights shift between 0.3 and 0.6 inches.

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 ...