At-Taybah

For other places with similar names, see Taybeh (disambiguation).

At-Taybah طيبة الطيبة (مرجعيون)
Village
Posters on At-Taybah village walls after the 2006 Lebanon War
At-Taybah Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°16′35″N35°31′14″E / 33.27639°N 35.52056°E / 33.27639; 35.52056
Grid position	198/297 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjayoun District
Elevation	700 m (2,300 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Tayibe

Et Taibeh
Alternative name	Et Tayibe
Location	2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the Litani River
History
Periods	Heavy Neolithic
Cultures	Qaraoun culture
Site notes
Archaeologists	Louis Dubertret and Jacques Cauvin
Public access	Unknown

At-Taybah, Tayibe or Taibeh is a village in the Marjayoun District in south Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Tayibe means "The good, sweet, or wholesome" (about water). ^[1]

Archaeological site

By the village is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture. ^{[2] [3]}

The site was discovered by Louis Dubertret and materials studied by Jacques Cauvin. Heavy Neolithic materials recovered resembled those from Qaraoun. ^[3]

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 800 Metualis. ^[4] He further noted: "Its principal mosque, now in ruins, is built of superb blocks, apparently ancient. It contains in the interior several monolithic columns." ^[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted here: "There are several sarcophagi and cisterns in the village ; some caves near." ^[6] They further described it as: "A large well-built village, built of stone, containing about 600 Metawileh and 400 [Sunni] Moslems. The Caimacam has a good house here. There are some figs and olives round the village and arable land; water is supplied from a spring and two birkets." ^[7]

Modern era

On August 5, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli war-planes killed 3 civilians, aged 2 to 48 years of age. The IDF offered no explanations to the strike. ^[8]

See also: Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) and Israel–Hamas war

On 11 August 2024, two people were killed by an Israeli airstrike in the village. ^[9]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99,61% of registered voters in At-Taybah. 98,27% of the voters were Shiite Muslims. ^[10]

See also

• Lebanon portal
• History portal
• Asia portal

• Battle of Ayta ash-Shab

References

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 33
2. Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 444–446.
3. L. Copeland; P. Wescombe (1966). Inventory of Stone-Age Sites in Lebanon: North, South and East-Central Lebanon, p. 53. Impr. Catholique. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
4. Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269
5. Guérin, 1880, pp. 268-269; as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
6. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
7. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
8. HRW, 2007, p. 131
9. "Two people killed in Israeli attack on Lebanon". Al Jazeera. 11 August 2024.
10. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/مرجعيون/الطيبة/المذاهب/

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Taybeh (Marjaayoun), Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons