Tayibe, Et Tayibe or Et Taibeh is a village in the Marjeyoun District in south Lebanon.

Name

According to

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, the name Tayibe means "The good, sweet, or wholesome" (about water).

Archaeological site

By the village is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture. The site was discovered by

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and materials studied by Jacques Cauvin. Heavy Neolithic materials recovered resembled those from

Qaraoun Qaraoun is a Lebanon, Lebanese village, 85 km from Beirut, known for its Lake Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley formed by the El Wauroun Dam built in 1959. It is an ecologically fragile zone in the Western Beqaa District. The village lies about 80 ...

History

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

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s." In 1881, the

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's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) noted here: "There are several sarcophagi and

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s in the village ; some caves near." 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."

Modern era

On August 5, during the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...

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war-planes killed 3 civilians, aged 2 to 48 years of age. The IDF offered no explanations to the strike.HRW, 2007, p
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References

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External links

Taybeh (Marjaayoun)
Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
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{{Archaeological sites in Lebanon Archaeological sites in Lebanon Heavy Neolithic sites Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Neolithic settlements Populated places in Marjeyoun District