Sites in Alqosh
A number of sites remain important in the deep minds of Alqoshnayes.
- Gu’ppa D’Mmaya (cave of water) located to the north.
- Gu’ppa Ssmoqa (the red cave) located to the north.
- Gu’ppetha D’Toomin (small cave of Toomin) located to the north, and Toomin may be a proper name.
- Gu’ppa D’ Magoar Gama (the Thunderous cave) located to the northeastern.
- Shweetha D’Gannaweh (Sleeping bed of the Robbers) is a hill located to the north. Some of the experts interested in Alqush's history believe that Shweetha D’Ganaweh was a site for the Assyrian god Sىin.
- Rommta D’Jwannqeh (Mound of the Youths) located to the northwestern.
- Khoosha (the Container) located to the northwestern.
- Raoolla D’Mmaya (The valley of water) located to the west.
- Gu’ppa D’Hattarein (cave of Cotton’s Carders) located. In Syriac Hattarein is a plural for the word Hattara that means cotton’s carders; it was also called Khtertta and the Mosul dwellers used to call it the Khatoora and it is taken from Syriac language. The word Hatterein may have another connotation.
- Kerrma D’Raysha (The Peak's vineyard), in the past the vineyard was located at the peak of the mountain.
- Besqeen, an old orchard located behind Alqush Mountain in a rough trail valley. Three families own this orchard: Bendaq Youhana, Kkmikha Dman family, and Shabio Mdallow family. It resembles the remains of a Monastery that was erected some ten centuries ago. The inhabitants of Alqush knew the orchard as full of fruits and vegetables and water. Up until the thirties of the twentieth century, Jebrail Youhana worked in the orchard. The name Besqeen is a plural Syriac that means water pond.
- Galeeya D’Qasha Hanna (Priest Hanna's Valley) located to the north.
- Tellsha derived from (Toullsha) which is a material used in spreading and covering. This place may have been used by Nader Shah, the Persian ruler, as a rest area when he invaded the region in 1732 and 1742 AD.
- Galeeya D’Dayra or Galeeya D’Qadeesha (valley of the Saints or Valley of the Monastery the), a valley leading to Rabban Hermizd monastery located in the northeastern corner of Alqush. It is an old monastery that can be traced back to the time when Arab Muslim started to invade the region in 636 AD. Until recently, the monastery was housed by its monks who preferred to worship within its vast expanse and labor in its orchards and farms.
- Towards the plain side opposite to this site, Virgin Mary's monastery (Guardian of the Plants) is situated, which was built in 1856 AD. It is a huge monastery where the friar life still exists. The Guardian of the Plants monastery was named Ishtar, the gods of love, fertility, and abundance for the Babylonians.
- Galeeya Dnerba D’Deyoeh (erroneously pronounced as Neer D’Dayoeh), the valley of Devils, located to the east of Rabban Hermizd Monastery.
- Gu’ppetha D’Hllwi(D’Hllabi), a place for milking sheep.
- Gu’ppetha D’Rrabi Rabba, a Small Cave of High Priest(teacher).
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