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Hiking the Holyland: Nahal Tekoa, the canyon in Herodion’s shadow

· By SUSANNAH SCHILD
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The caves of Tekoa Canyon were not always empty. In the fourth century, a monk named Haritoun came to the Judean Desert and became one of the founders of its monastic tradition.

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