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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.
Map of Nahal Tko'a
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.
The archaeological site of El Khiam is located in this area.
References
Wadi Khureitun Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA