Wadi Khureitun

Wadi Khureitun or Nahal Tekoa is a wadi in a deep ravine in the Judaean Desert in the West Bank, on the shores of the Dead Sea, springing near Tekoa. A hiking path on the west of the wadi passes a number of prehistoric caves on its way south to the Chariton Monastery ruins.

Tekoa's chief rabbi Fromans son Tzuri lived in the desert canyon wadi behind the town, in a cave. Caves that were dug in the karst chalk stone of the Wadi Khureitun or Nahal Tekoa, named after Chariton the Confessor, by monks from the Lavras of Saint Chariton and his successor Euthymius the Great.^[1]

The archaeological site of El Khiam is located in this area.^[2]

References

1. Kershner, Isabel (December 5, 2008). "From an Israeli Settlement, a Rabbi's Unorthodox Plan for Peace". NYTimes.com (in print on December 6, 2008, on page A8 of the New York edition) (The New York Times). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
2. Dave Winter (1999). Israel handbook: with the Palestinian Authority areas. Footprint Travel Guides. pp. 252–. ISBN 978-1-900949-48-4. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

Coordinates: 31°35′05″N 35°21′47″E / 31.5847°N 35.3631°E