Khirbet Kurkush
"Khirbet kurkush or "City of the Sun and Moon", is an ancient 8 acres village located on a small hill around 400 meters above sea level north of the town of Bruqin, and west of Salfit Governorate. It is an ancient tourist area whose construction dates back to the ancient Roman Christian era, and approximately dates back to the fourth century AD.
The archaeological survey and excavations conducted in 1991 AD, revealed the history of human settlement at the site, which starts from the Iron Age, and continues in the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods. Traces of settlement at the site were also found in the Umayyad, Abbasid, Crusader, Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman periods.
The most notable remains were buildings, some with intact vaults, a rock-cut courtyard, Hellenistic and Roman rock-cut tombs, eight towers and two grape-press facilities. The archaeological work that was conducted in that area found eight scattered towers, and facilities were revealed on two hills. Also there are three square towers (3.70-4 x 3.75-4.20) meters made of stones. A similar tower (3.20 x 3.25) meters was excavated on the western slope of the hill. Three square towers (3.20 - 3.40 x 3.25 - 4.75) meters, and a round tower (4.50 x 4.75) meters were excavated on the northern slopes of the western hill, in addition to another tower excavated on this hill (4.25 x 10) meters, which has a different scheme. Another treasure that was found is a rock-cut press exposed on the slope consists of a tread surface (grape-pressing area) (1.50 x 2.10) meters, and a catchment basin (1.05 x 1.10; depth 0.90) meters with a circular cut (diameter 2.20; depth 0.15) meters.
The ruin is divided into two parts: the lower and the upper. The lower section of the ruin contains four tombs, the most prominent of which is the main tomb, which constitutes a major landmark in the site since it is the existence of class distinction, as kings had more distinguished and extensive tombs. Inside it or on its sides, lies the “al-taqrba”, which is the place where people used to get closer to the king through eating and drinking, and his grave was distinguished by the funerary attachments, such as adornments, lighting, ornaments and food utensils, and the burial was primary and secondary upon the class.
As for the upper section, it contains three large pools alongside a small one, all of which were formed by the extraction of stone, and its use in building living rooms, and later on, the collected-water inside the pool became used in agriculture and managing the affairs of the ruin.
In addition, there are paths carved into the rock that lead to unknown holes. Overtime, they were buried with stones and dirt.