They are high caps in the form of a ridge with a forward curve and forked end.

[1] First mentioned in a 17th-century article list of Russian ambassadors describing their route through the Ingush lands to Georgia,[2] researchers consider Kurkhars, like the Bashlyk, in historical and cultural relationship with the ancient headdress of the Scythians and Phrygians, via the so-called "Phrygian cap", which was also most notably worn by the Persians, Thracians and Dacians.

The finds amazed scientists not only with their abundance, but also with their rich decoration, which used both local materials and very expensive imported fabrics (silk, semi-silk, satin, velvet, and brocade) of Iranian, Chinese, Egyptian, Syrian, Russian production.

[5] In 2022, due to natural causes, one of the walls of the crypt of the tower complex Tsori in mountainous Ingushetia collapsed, where, among many valuable finds, archaeologists discovered 11 kurkharses in varying degrees of preservation.

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