Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km northeast of Safad. It is identified with the Late Roman site of Golgol.
During the Roman period, the site was called Golgol, a name deriving from the Semitic root GLGL, preserved in various biblical and post-biblical place names such as Gilgal. The toponym Golgol is attested in a Late Roman boundary stone inscription discovered at Abil al-Qamḥ, and was preserved in the Arabic Juneijil (ìÃÂÃÂìÃÂ) near al-Zà «q al-FauqÃÂnë. Golgol has been previously misidentified with Tall al-ÿAjà «l, near Abil al-Qamh, whose name is unrelated linguistically to the Roman toponym.
Archaeological finds at al-Zà «q al-FauqÃÂnë point to active occupation during the Roman and Byzantine periods. Excavations have revealed a burial cave from the 2nd to 4th centuries CE, which contained multiple burial niches, Roman-period oil lamps, glass vessels, and personal ornaments, indicating long-term use. A Late Roman lead sarcophagus decorated with a human face and vegetal motifs was recovered nearby in 1954. Other discoveries at the site include carved stone elements and the remains of an olive press, all consistent with a settled and agriculturally active community.
Archeological excavations have shown that Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was populated in the late Mamluk era.
Archeological excavations showed that a large hall, with several courtyards was constructed, probably a Khan. Damages indicate that it was destroyed in an earthquake. Pottery from Rashaya el-Fukhar was also found.
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted a large ruined village called Kharbet Khan ez-Zouk el-Fôkani. It was bordered in the west by Wadi Derdara, which was crossed on a small bridge, and had a water mill. There were many destroyed houses everywhere: they had been built with calcareous or basaltic stones, of different sizes and more or less well cut. Cisterns and presses attested an ancient origin. On the highest point of the village a house was still standing, which was of much more recent date.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Kh. Zuk el Haj "Foundations of walls built with basaltic masonry."
In the 1945 statistics it had a population of 160, with a total of 1,832 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 503 dunums were for used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,286 were used for cereals; while a total of 43 dunams were classified as uncultivable.
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani first became depopulated on May 21, 1948, after a whispering campaign. In late May, many villagers returned, mainly to harvest the crops. The Haganah then started to systematically burn the villages in the area.
In 1992 the village site was described: "The stones of destroyed homes are strewn across the site, which is overgrown with grass, thorns, and a few cactus plants. The nearby settlement of Yuval cultivates part of the surrounding land, and uses the rest as forests and grazing grounds."