Akbiyeh

Akbiyeh is an archaeological site approximately 12 km south of Sidon, northeast of Ain Kantarah in Lebanon. The area of black soil around 600 m by 30 m was found by Godefroy Zumoffen in 1894. Material recovered is in the Museum of Lebanese Prehistory including four bifaces of Lower Paleolithic form along with a variety of material suggested to be Middle Paleolithic and Heavy Neolithic of the Qaraoun culture. These include a number of rectangular picks, rough cores and flakes in various conditions. The site is now under cultivation.