Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel
Vragen, overdenkingen en achtergronden over de Bijbel,
welke resulteren in allerlei aantekeningen.
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- - , Algemeen, , Bibleplaces.com, Golan Heights (Biblical Bashan); Also known as Batanea, Gaulanitis, Geshur, Karnaim - - , Algemeen, , Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rogem Hiri - Ancient- Mysterious Construction, 2 Feb 1999 - - , Jewish Virtual Library, , The Golan: Rogem Hiri Anthony Aveni , The Geometry and Astronomy of Rujm el-Hiri, a Megalithic Site in the Southern Levant, , Research at Rujm el-Hiri, a Bronze Age megalithic monument in the southern Levant,
provides a broad insight into two episodes in the prehistory of the Levant--the construction and
usage of the Early Bronze Age ceremonial complex, and the erection of a central cairn at the center
of the monument some 1500 years later. Excavations in 1988-1991 provide information on Rujm
el-Hiri's geometry, alignment associations between the architecture of the complex and celestial
bodies and events, physical elements in the landscape, and local ecology-related phenomena. We
also examine the significance of timekeeping and its implications on the agricultural calendar and
cosmological domains of the local cultures. Data drawn from archaeological, astronomical,
ethnohistorical, and biblical sources, reveal the sophistication of the 3rd millennium BC
construction phase of the Rujm el-Hiri complex. Among the finds reported are: the systematic use
of a measuring unit to construct the site, the establishment of an accurate alignment system for both
celestial and non-celestial elements in the landscape, the organization of an orientation calendar as
a basis for economic activities, and the hints of a rich cosmology. Overall, our study of the Rujm
el-Hiri megalithic phenomena reveals a level of cultural complexity not previously documented in
the 3rd millennium BC Levant.
J.P. van de Giessen , Blog Aantekeningen bij de Bijbel, July 17, 2010, Gamla (2)
Yonathan Mizrachi , Rujm el-Hiri: Toward an understanding of a Bronze Age Megalithic Monument in the Levant, , Yitzhak Paz , The Megalithic Manifestation of the Urban Process at the Golan During the Early Bronze Age, , The Golan is one of the most unfamiliar landscapes in terms of archaeological research of the
Early Bronze Age in the land of Israel . So is most of the area that is known as the 'Bashan' and 'Horan', located east and south-east to the Golan. This article deals with one of the most
outstanding manifestations of the urbanization process that took place in the Golan: megalithic
monuments that appear in various shapes. Huge fortified settlements, that were known as
'enclosures' were another characteristic of this urbanization process. The analysis of the
excavation's results at Leviah, one of these 'enclosures', and the unique complex at Rogem Hiri, as
well as survey results comprise the data-base of the present endeavor.
The urbanization process that took place at the southern-central Golan had many common
cultural affinities with similar processes in other southern Levantine regions, like the Jordan valley,
but was best connected to the area east of the Golan, that is till today Terra Incognita.
The megalithic manifestation of the urbanization process during the EBA is an integrated
research that examined the data accumulated to date from archaeological fieldwork in the Golan,
along with theoretical issues concerning megalithic monuments as reflected in the Post Processual
Approach in archaeology. This way we tried to understand the meaning and the significance of
those monuments in human societies that lived in the Golan during the third millennium BC.