Labweh

Labweh (), Laboué, Labwe or Al-Labweh is a village at an elevation of on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.

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Place details

Locality: اللبوة
Region: محافظة بعلبك الهرمل
Country: لبنان
Population: 0

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Ancient site.name: Labweh
Ancient site.native_name: اللبوة
Ancient site.native_name_lang: ar
Ancient site.image: Labweh 3.jpg
Ancient site.caption: Labweh village
Ancient site.map_type: Lebanon
Ancient site.map_size: 200
Ancient site.location: northeast of Baalbek
Ancient site.region: Bekaa Valley
Ancient site.type: Tells
Ancient site.part_of: Settlements
Ancient site.built: c. 6910 to 6780 BC (from 3 limited samples)
Ancient site.epochs: PPNB
Ancient site.cultures: Neolithic, Roman, Byzantine
Ancient site.excavations: 1966, 1969
Ancient site.archaeologists: Diana Kirkbride, Lorraine Copeland, Peter Wescombe
Ancient site.condition: Ruins
Ancient site.public_access: Yes

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History
Labweh Springs and Labweh River
Archaeological sites
Roman temple
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Labweh (), Laboué, Labwe or Al-Labweh is a village at an elevation of on a foothill of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Baalbek District, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.

==History== The Neolithic settlements at Labweh have been dated to at least the 7th millennium BC. It has been suggested that it was known to the Egyptians as Lab'u, to the Assyrians as Laba'u and as Lebo-hamath to the Hebrews. This has been associated with the "entrance of Hamath" mentioned in the Books of Kings and the Book of Ezekiel, noted as the Northern border of King Solomon's territory, but subsequently lost to the Syrians. Jeroboam II, king of Israel, is said to have "restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah (the Dead Sea)".