Nahal Og

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Nahal Og or Wadi Og (Hebrew: נחל אוג), or Wadi al-Muqallek, also spelled Wadi Mukallik/Mukellik/Muqallik (Arabic: وادي مكلك) is a winterbourne stream on the West Bank that drains the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives range east of Jerusalem and runs for 30 km till the Dead Sea.

[3] The steepness of the stream results in heavy flooding during the winter,[1] and in the past, parts of Highway 90 have been swept away.

[7] They are hard to access, being situated quite high on the steep northern bank of the wadi at the spot where the valley deepens, turning into a canyon.

Archaeologists confirm that the main phase of the cave church complex and related structures date back to the 5th-7th century, the monastery's 'golden era', with signs of a far less significant habitation period during the Early-Mid Muslim period in the 7th-11th or 12th century.

[6] In the plain, before reaching the Dead Sea, it also passes next to the kibbutz and Israeli settlement of Almog.