HELL ON EARTH; The scorched rockwalls of a valley below Jerusalem are saturated with the blood of untold abominations. This is the pit, the root of our worst fears. The Washington Post | August 29, 1999| | . This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Below the Old City walls in Jerusalem there is a ravine that begins as a gentle, grassy separation between hills, then quickly descends south into the rocky earth. Eventually the ravine becomes a steep, craggy depth, scarred on its far side by shallow caves and pits pocked by hollowed-out chambers and narrow crypts.

Everywhere you see scorches and smolder from trash fires. Rivulets of urine trickle down from open sewers at the cliffs above, watering thorn bushes, weeds and unexpected clumps of grass among the outcroppings. You smell the stench of decaying offal, the congealed stink of ...

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