APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Bethlehem, 25 October 2021. Palestinian adventurers walk amid dangerous cliffs during their journey to discover Valley and Cave of Saint Khreitoun, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Bethlehem, 25 October 2021. Palestinian adventurers walk amid dangerous cliffs during their journey to discover Valley and Cave of Saint Khreitoun, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. STORYLINE: To the southeast of Bethlehem, between the settlement of Tqoa’ and Herodium, lies the amazing Wadi Khreitoun. Caves inhabited since the lower Paleolithic period and much more recently abound. Three in particular are noteworthy in the valley itself: Erq al Ahmar, inhabited in 8,000 BC, Um Qalaá where the first traces of fire have found going back at least until 500,000 BC and Um Qatfa. Man here has had to adapt to climatic change. And here, too hermits and monks came and lived their intriguing lives. Indeed Khreitoun is Arabic for Chariton, who built the Souka Monastery here, traces of which remain. He himself lived in the Hanging Cave of Chariton, a wonderful place to explore in the right circumstances, about an hour’s walk from the valley. What’s really exciting is that neither the archeological traces nor caves have been fully explored. But don’t try to be a hero. Footage by/APAwire
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