Two entrances to the site face the northeast (29 meters (95 ft) wide) and southeast (26 meters (85 ft) wide). The fourth and outermost wall is the largest: 150m in diameter and 3.2m wide.Ī central tumulus 65 feet (20 m) in diameter and 15 feet (4.6 m) high is surrounded by concentric circles, the outermost of which is 520 feet (160 m) in diameter and 8 feet (2.4 m) high. The third wall is a full circle, 110m in diameter and 2.6m wide. That wall is connected to a second one, an almost complete circle 90m in diameter. The first wall, shaped like a semicircle, is 50m in diameter and 1.5m wide. Connecting to it are four main stone walls. The central tumulus is built from smaller rocks, and is thought to have been constructed after the surrounding walls were constructed. The walls of the circles are connected by irregularly placed smaller stone walls perpendicular to the circles. The remains consist of a large circle (slightly oval) of basalt rocks, containing four smaller concentric circles, each getting progressively thinner some are complete, others incomplete. The site is often referred to as the "Stonehenge of the Levant." It was estimated by Freikman that the transportation and building of the massive monument would have required more than 25,000 working days. It is made from 37,500 - 40,000 tons of partly worked stone stacked up to 2 meters (6.6 ft) high. The site was made from Basalt rocks, common in the Golan Heights due to the region's history of volcanic activity. The site's size and location, on a wide plateau which is also scattered with hundreds of dolmens, means that an aerial perspective is necessary to see the complete layout. The same root underlies the word used in the Tanakh to refer to a race of giants, the Rephaites, described as the ancient people of Bashan (modern Golan). A modern name used for the site is Gilgal Refā'īm or Galgal Refā'īm, "Wheel of Spirits" or "Wheel of Ghosts" as Refa'im in modern Hebrew means "ghosts" or "spirits". Rogem Hiri is a Hebrew version of the Arabic name Rujm el-Hiri. The name is sometimes romanized as Rujm Hiri or Rujum al-Hiri. rujum Hebrew: rogem) can also refer to a tumulus, a heap of stones underneath which human burial space was located. The name Rujm el-Hiri, "stone heap of the wild cat", appears on Syrian maps.
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