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Tell Dibbine

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Alternate name
  
Ijon

Type
  
Tell

Abandoned
  
About 700 BC

Location
  
2km north of Marjayoun

Builder
  
Ijonians

Region
  
Nabatieh Governorate

Founded
  
Around 10,000BC -8,000 BC

Tell Dibbine is an archaeological site 2 km north of Marjayoun in the plain of El Marj in the Nabatieh Mohafazat (Governorate). It dates at least to the Neolithic. It was also known in the ancient world as Ijon. Many artifacts have been found including statues (currently lost), columns, and many more... The people of the tell knew how to make potter as well as farming. Though today it is abandoned..

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