Israel’s 'Stonehenge’ not alone with near 30 similar sites, satellite imagery reveals
28.03.2026
The newly discovered sites all share a similar design: large circular structures, between approximately 50 to 250 meters in diameter, built with stones taken from local basalt fields. The stone circles of Rujm el-Hiri, nicknamed “Israel’s Stonehenge” or “Gilgal Refaim,” are not the only ones of its kind, according to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.