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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rujm el-Hiri Alternative Name: Rogem Hiri, Rujm al-Hiri, Gilgal Refa'im, Wheel of Giants. Rujm el HiriCountry: Syria
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Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Golan Heights area
Latitude: 32.908669N Longitude: 35.800976E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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A 520-foot diameter circle of basalt stones, encompassing four smaller, concentric circles of stacked stone walls that become progressively narrower in width. The walls of the circles are connected perpendicularly by variously placed smaller stone walls.
Altogether, the site boasts as much as 37,500 metric tons of partially worked stone, with the walls standing up to 6.6 feet in height, with the outer wall as high as 8 feet. In the center of this concentric structure lies the central tumulus or cairn (interpreted as a tomb) built of smaller stones.
At the core of the tumulus is a buried dolmen, or burial monument, consisting of two 5-foot-tall standing stones that support a large horizontal stone. The dolmen overlies a chamber, connected to a 10-foot-long access corridor. No human remains were found within the tomb.
Note: New theory suggests the giant circular site of Rujm el-Hiri was used for excarnation and other funerary purposes
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