al-Zib (الزيب)

Place

Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

al-Zib (الزيب)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village on a dome-shaped hill on the Mediterranean coast, east of the coastal highway and railway line, built over the ancient Canaanite settlement of Akzib and later known as Ecdippa in the Roman period. Agriculture and fishing were central to the village economy, with citrus, bananas, cereals, olives, figs, mulberries, pomegranates, and summer crops cultivated on its lands; in 1944/45, 2,972 dunums were devoted to citrus and bananas, 4,425 to cereals, and 1,989 to irrigated or orchard land, while the village also maintained olive presses and a fishing industry.