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Wheel of Giants

The prehistoric megalith Rujm el-Hiri.
Wheel of Giants: Mysterious Prehistoric Rujm el-Hiri Puzzles Archaeologists

12 November, 2015 - 21:49 lizleafloor\
 

 http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/wheel-giants-mysterious-prehistoric-rujm-el-hiri-puzzles-archaeologists-020618


Sitting in plain sight but unnoticed for centuries, an unusual megalith near the Sea of Galilee has stumped experts. An ancient monument comprised of enormous stone circles dating to the Early Bronze Age remains a mystery to this day. No one knows who created the stone rings in the form of a wheel, nor why. 


Livestock grazing nearby reveals scale of enormous stone rings on the plains of the Golan Heights.

Livestock grazing nearby reveals scale of enormous stone rings on the plains of the Golan Heights. ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
Pattern Within Giant Stone Circles Revealed From the Air 

The impressive ancient ruins, located in the Golan Heights (a contested region claimed by both Israel and Syria) are a wheel-like design of enormous piled rocks—an estimated 40,000 tons of black basalt—stacked into at least five concentric rings, with a central burial cairn at its center, according to news website Haaretz.

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