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Rogem Hiri is a site of mystery. It comprises three concentric
stone circles, the outer one 156 m. in diameter, and,
at the very center of the innermost circle, a tall stepped
structure. At the entrance to this structure jewelry and
other personal belongings were found and further inside,
a grave.
Nobody knows for sure when Rogem was built or why.
With respect to the date, some archeologists propose
the Middle Bronze Age, others the Late Bronze. As
for its function, while all agree that it was a
place of tribal assembly for ritual purposes, there
is no agreement as to exactly what these purposes
were. One hypothesis is that people gathered there
to see in the dawn on the longest day of the year
(the summer solstice) in order to plan out a schedule
for the farming tasks to be done before the rainy
season set in.
The Museum features a model of the site plus an
audiovisual commentary (in Hebrew, English, French,
German, Russian, Italian, or Spanish) and holograms.
Rogem Hiri was excavated by Dr. Yoni Mizrakhi, a
member of the Land of Geshur excavation team headed
by Prof. Moshe Kochavi. |
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