From a distance, the mountain appears to be perfectly conical, despite the existence of the large crater.

Finches Order PasseriformesFamily FringillidaeFinches are small to moderately large seed eating passerine birds with a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large.

The site of the village lies on the summit of a conical hill called Tel Tzova (), or Jabal Suba, rising 769 metres above sea level, and it was built on the ruins of a Crusader castle.

Given that the Book of Ingenious Devices was widely circulated across the Muslim world, some of its ideas may have also reached Europe through Islamic Spain, such as the use of automatic controls in later European machines or the use of conical valves in the work of Leonardo da Vinci.