Tayibe طيبة الطيبة (مرجعيون) | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°16′35″N35°31′14″E / 33.27639°N 35.52056°E Coordinates: 33°16′35″N35°31′14″E / 33.27639°N 35.52056°E | |
Grid position | 198/297 PAL |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Elevation | 660 m (2,170 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Et Taibeh | |
Alternative name | Et Tayibe |
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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 |
Tayibe, Et Tayibe or Et Taibeh is a village in the Marjeyoun District in south Lebanon.
According to E. H. Palmer, the name Tayibe means "The good, sweet, or wholesome" (about water). [1]
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]
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 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]
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]
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