The route then swerves to the north before crossing the westernmost fork of the Nile. I caught up with the family"s trail on the fringes of the desert in Wadi El Natrun, a valley where Jesus called forth yet another miraculous spring. Beginning in the early 4th Century, thousands of aspiring hermits would settle along its length. At three of the four surviving monasteries, renovations are now complete, including the careful uncovering of Al-Sourian monastery"s stunning medieval frescoes of Jesus" life.