Egikal

Egikal (Эгикал; Аьги-Кхаьлла) is an ancient city-settlement in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia. It is part of the rural settlement (administrative center) of Guli. On its territory are many cultural objects of ancient and medieval Ingush architecture: cyclopean tower-type dwellings, five combat towers (вӀов, vhóv), six semi-combat and fifty residential towers (гӀала, ghāla). There are also a large number of different types of burial grounds (106 crypt burial grounds, 1 mausoleum) and three sanctuaries. Currently, these objects and the entire territory of the settlement are included in the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and are under state protection.

Geography
It is located 85 km south of the capital Magas and 25 km east of the district center Dzheyrakh. The nearest settlements are: in the north — Barkhane and Tori, in the east — Targim, in the southeast — Khamkhi, in the west — Leymi and Ozig.

History
On the territory of the settlement exists a remnant of the Kura–Araxes culture known as the “Egikal burial ground”. It is located to the west of the settlement towards the Targim basin, on the southern slopes of the rocky range, and dates back to the end of the III millennium BC. The burial ground was discovered and studied by B.M. Khashagulgov in 1988. Likewise, located on the territory of Egikal, are remains of more than 15 megalithic cyclopean dwellings dating from to the second half of the II millennium BC. — XV century AD.

Demographics
In 1874, 1883, 1890, 1914 and 1926 censuses, the population of Egikal consisted entirely of ethnic Ingush people.