Nahal Hever

Nahal Hever (Hebrew: נחל חבר) or Wadi al-Khabat (Arabic) is an intermittent stream (wadi) in the Judean Desert, that flows through the West Bank and Israel, from the area of Yatta to the Dead Sea.

The skeletons of Babatha, whose personal documents were famously discovered in the Cave of Letters, and of her son are, presumably, among them.

The findings have been regarded as archaeological evidence of the Bar Kokhba revolt (132–136).

In 1999 and 2000 it[clarification needed] was excavated by Richard Freund of the University of Hartford.

[citation needed] Several fragments of ancient biblical manuscripts were found at Nahal Hever.