In the early 19th century , James Silk Buckingham described Lubya as a very large village on top of a high hill . Johann Ludwig Burckhardt , a Swiss traveler to Palestine , referred to the village as " Louby " and noted that wild artichokes covered the village plain . The American scholar Robinson , who passed through the village in 1838 , noted that it had suffered greatly from the Galilee earthquake of 1837 , with 143 villagers reported dead
Galilee earthquake of 1837
Galilee earthquake of 1837
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