St. George's Monastery, Wadi QeltRock climbing in Wadi QeltNahal Prat stream
Wadi Qelt (Arabic: وادي القلط; Qelt is also spelled Qilt and Kelt, sometimes with the Arabic article, el- or al-), in Hebrew Nahal Prat (Hebrew: נחל פרת), formerly Naḥal Faran (Pharan brook), is a valley, riverine gulch or stream (Arabic: واديwādī, "wadi"; Hebrew: נחל, "nahal") in the West Bank, originating near Jerusalem and running into the Jordan River near Jericho, shortly before it flows into the Dead Sea.
The wadi attracts with a number of natural, biblical, and archaeological highlights: a well preserved natural environment with a rich wild bird population.
WadiQelt (Arabic: وادي القلط; Qelt is also spelled Qilt and Kelt, sometimes with the Arabic article, el- or al-), in Hebrew Nahal Prat (Hebrew: נחל פרת)...
Monastery of Choziba (or Hoziba) or Mar Jaris, is a monastery located in WadiQelt in Area C of the eastern West Bank, in the Jericho Governorate of the...
The WadiQelt Synagogue is the name given by some to a building controversially identified by its excavator, archaeologist Ehud Netzer, as a Hasmonean-period...
revolt by the Macabees. One of these forts, built at the entrance to WadiQelt, was later refortified by Herod the Great, who named it Kypros after his...
road connecting Jericho with Jerusalem enters WadiQelt. Two tells are located on either side of WadiQelt. The palaces are evidence of the luxurious lifestyle...
as the Monastery of Saint George is near al-Khader, Palestine. In the WadiQelt near Jericho stands the St. George's Monastery. Saint George is among...
Mountains Wadi el Maleh from the Samaria Mountains Wadi al-Far'a coming from the Nablus area Wadi Auja (Arabic) or Nahal Yitav (Hebrew) WadiQelt coming...
was a Greek Orthodox monk-priest and abbot of St. George's Monastery, WadiQelt who was murdered by a terrorist on 12 June 2001 in a drive-by shooting...
فرح), known in Hebrew as En Prat, is a spring located at the head of WadiQelt, 325 metres above sea level, between Jerusalem and Jericho in the West...
West Bank. It is located in the Judean Desert, on the southern bank of WadiQelt, about 2 miles northeast of the town Ma'ale Adumim. It is at 367 meters...
requires rope to complete. This trail leads through the WadiQelt area and passes Ein Prat and Nahal Qelt. The trail passes pools and picnic areas and forks...
as a synagogue, which if true would be the oldest one ever found (the "WadiQelt Synagogue"). Netzer served as a professor at the Institute of Archaeology...
be translated "Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan", this identification would be in contradiction to the Bible, since WadiQelt is west of it....
following the top of a ridge that forms the southern bank of WadiQelt and separates it from Wadi Tal'at ad-Damm. The name Adummim is related to adom, the...
River) Wadi Fa'rah Waterfalls of Palestine Wells of Palestine Jubb Yussef (Joseph's Well) Valleys of Palestine Jordan Rift Valley Jordan Valley WadiQelt Villages...
in Arabic called wadis, flow into the Jordan River or Dead Sea through the West Bank, including Wadi Og, Wadi Fa'rah and WadiQelt. Others flow through...
Lurie, the largest riverine gulch near Jericho with an aqueduct was WadiQelt (Wadi el Kelt), and which ran in an eastward direction, passing near Khirbet...
parachuted from a German Heinkel HeS 3 into mandatory Palestine over WadiQelt. Their equipment reportedly included explosives, submachine guns, dynamite...
the Confessor (born 3rd century, died c. 350): the Laura of Pharan (now WadiQelt) northeast of Jerusalem, the Laura of Douka on the Mount of Temptation...
recommended four development projects, involving the Wadi Zerqa basin in Jordan, the WadiQelt watershed and stream bed in Arab Palestine, the Litani...
year 440–450 CE. He abandoned monophysitism around 480 and moved to WadiQelt, a wadi in the Judaean Desert, where he reorganized the existing lavra into...
Saba, which is still in use to this day, Saint George's Monastery in WadiQelt, and the Monastery of the Temptation near Jericho. Men flocked to live...
Josephus, Wiesbaden 1976). For a description of "the valley of Pharan," see WadiQelt. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, Book IV. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, Book...
years, when Petachiah of Regensburg visited Mosul, Nineveh was in ruins. "WadiQelt Synagogue" at Tulul Abu el-Alayiq, Jericho, 70–50 BC (Hasmonean); excavated...
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