Labweh

Labweh
اللبوة
Labweh village
900 metres (3,000 ft)
900 metres (3,000 ft)
Shown within Lebanon
Location26 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Baalbek
RegionBekaa Valley
Coordinates34°11′50″N 36°21′09″E / 34.197317°N 36.352392°E / 34.197317; 36.352392
TypeTells
Part ofSettlements
History
Foundedc. 6910 to 6780 BC (from 3 limited samples)
PeriodsPPNB
CulturesNeolithic, Roman, Byzantine
Site notes
Excavation dates1966, 1969
ArchaeologistsDiana Kirkbride, Lorraine Copeland, Peter Wescombe
ConditionRuins
Public accessYes

Labweh (Arabic: اللبوة), Laboué, Labwe or Al-Labweh is a village at an elevation of 950 metres (3,120 ft) on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Brochure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1837). The journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London. J. Murray. pp. 99–. Retrieved 16 March 2011.