Located in the town of Nabatiyeh mediated mothers villages of Jabal Amel and cities, which is a link between the coast and the mountain and inside. , About 28 km from the city of Sidon and 20 km from Marjayoun and distance itself from Jezzine and 40 km from Tibnin and slightly less for the city of Tyre, and for her Beaufort Castle (Arnon), about 7 km.
The history of Nabatiyeh to eras and stages of time very ancient, and renamed There are two trends to achieve this label: The first historic return it some to "Nabataeans" who spread their influence from the first century BC to the first century after and arrived until the Awali River passing through Damascus and was their status "Petra" on the Gulf of Aqaba. The second trend for the label is a linguistic "Nbtt water" erupted and Salt
Due to the presence of eyes in Nabatieh and adds: Excavations have shown that took place in different places of the city that there are covenants stone passed by,
Oldest Stone Testament Written off and located at a depth of between three and seven meters and dates back to about the eighth millennium BC and its effects here are stone axes, and various tools made of stone "Aldharana". Then the city passed period Alnjulonah There are still caves many in the region, such as "seductive local" at the northern entrance to the debtor and "Cave mushrooms" (located in the highlands district of whiteness to the right of the road town hamlets) that had been looted in the earlier stages and is surrounded by "Aengjih "(the name of a spring).
And on the hill nearby, known as "Khraybe" were located Byzantine city area is estimated at 35 dunums, where there are water tanks underground, and the heads of columns ancient coins copper different and the remnants of glass and pottery dating back to the reign of God Mountain "Aljbuls" in the Byzantine era.In the town close to the "Eye of the estate" is believed to be the region Almdvinyh the Nabataean where dubbed the "tomb Nouria", and where there remains a mosaic of color, and according to which it was a land of ancient temple at a depth of 1.5 meters from the surface of the earth (a place to build a school Zahra current) . And discovered by chance by paved in the "Valley of Fakhruddin" northwest of Nabatiyeh, and are believed to be part of the Holy Roman road that Jesus walked from Galilee to Sidon.
During the reign of the Nabataeans took convoys business becomes and back between the interior and the coast of Sidon and مرفئها and stayed in the place that bore the name "Nabatieh" station convoys business, then places to live temporarily and learn people within the ocean of farming and agriculture and Larry them. The people lived in areas walnuts, Ain Qubeis, and Fakhruddin Valley and in the western and eastern highlands and in Nabatiyeh Fawqa and outlying, then enhanced farming techniques after settled tribes "worker" in Nabatieh and Mount worker who renamed and still is derived.
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