Rujm el-Hiri
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 16, 2024 02:19 PM
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History
tags:
megalithic,
basalt
An ancient megalithic structure located in the Israeli-occupied portion of the Golan Heights about 16 km (9.9 miles) east of the coast of the Sea of Galilee. Rujm el-Hiri consists of concentric stone circles with a tumulus at its center. The structure dates to the Early Bronze Age II period (ca. 3000–2700 BCE).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/461091974
32.9086513, 35.801037
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Rujum el Hiri (3000 BC - 2000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Rujm el-Hiri (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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archaeological site, monument
- See Further:
Pleiades
Jeffrey Becker, 'Rujm el-Hiri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/461091974> [accessed: 23 September 2024]
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