FIELD NOTES • FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
Nate Loper
Guide • Speaker • Researcher • Writer • Photographer
I spend a lot of my life standing in places where geology, archaeology, history, Scripture, and human stories meet—Grand Canyon river camps, museum galleries, ancient Egyptian temples, London streets, archaeological sites, classrooms, and churches.
This is the field file for all of it.
FROM THE FIELD
Teaching through place.
I’m an adventure guide, speaker, researcher, writer, and photographer whose work centers on helping people understand the stories written into landscapes, artifacts, history, and Scripture.
The Grand Canyon has been one of my greatest classrooms. Ancient Egypt, the British Museum, archaeological sites, historic churches, and museums around the world have become others. I’m happiest when the subject is tangible—something we can walk through, hold up, map, photograph, or see in its real setting.
1,000+
Days teaching in Grand Canyon
50+
Multi-day river expeditions
5,000+
Miles on the Colorado River
20+
Years speaking & teaching
SELECTED MEDIA • PUBLICATIONS • APPEARANCES
Photography, interviews, television appearances, and teaching have been featured by or used in projects from:
FIELD ROLES
What I Do
GUIDE & EXPLORER
Grand Canyon and beyond
More than 1,000 days guiding and teaching in Grand Canyon National Park, more than 50 multi-day river expeditions, and years of educational travel through national parks, museums, archaeological sites, and historic places.
SPEAKER & TEACHER
Make the complicated tangible
I speak at churches, conferences, universities, classrooms, museums, podcasts, and online events on Grand Canyon geology, creation science, biblical archaeology, Egyptology, ancient history, and the historical setting of Scripture.
RESEARCHER & WRITER
Evidence, landscape, and history
My research interests include biblical archaeology, Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern history, Grand Canyon geology, field geology, museums, and the geography of biblical events. Current work includes academic papers and several developing book projects.
PHOTOGRAPHER
A visual field notebook
Photography is how I keep a record of the places I work and explore—from Grand Canyon monsoons and Colorado River camps to Egyptian temples, museum collections, wildlife, architecture, and the odd detail that stops me in my tracks.
WHERE MY WORK LIVES
Canyon, classroom, museum, and road.
A lot of what I do belongs to organizations larger than this personal site. These are the main places to follow that work.
Canyon Ministries
Director of Ministry Outreach • Grand Canyon field teaching, speaking, partnerships, and educational resources.
Global Christian Tours
Small-group, content-rich Christian educational travel and destination resources.
Bible Digs
Biblical archaeology, ancient history, museum objects, church history, and discoveries from the field.
ON THE DESK
Current Research & Book Projects
Shepherd Kings
The Hebrew Hyksos and Israel’s Arrival in Egypt
Research into the Hyksos period, the eastern Nile Delta, and the historical setting of Israel in Egypt.
The Landmark Exodus
Tracing the Biblical Route from Egypt to Sinai
A geographical and archaeological investigation of the Exodus route and its Egyptian setting.
Nimrod and Narmer
The Egyptian-Mesopotamian Connection
Exploring early Egypt, Mesopotamia, cultural contact, and questions surrounding the earliest civilizations.
WATCH & LISTEN
From conference stage to museum gallery
Presentations, interviews, field videos, and teaching on geology, archaeology, Egyptology, biblical history, and the places behind the research.
AUTOMATIC FIELD LOG
Latest from the Field
Travel, research, museums, archaeology, guiding, wildlife, geology, and whatever caught my eye along the way. These update automatically from my photography feed.
THE PHOTO ARCHIVE
Thousands of photographs on Flickr
My Flickr archive is the deeper repository for travel, landscape, Grand Canyon, archaeology, museums, Egypt, London, wildlife, and field photography. Many photographs are available for reuse under the Creative Commons terms shown on the individual image.
Please verify the license shown on Flickr for the specific photograph you want to use and provide the required attribution.
SPEAKING & TEACHING
Need a speaker?
I regularly speak on Grand Canyon geology, creation science, biblical archaeology, Egyptology, ancient history, museums, and the historical setting of Scripture. Talks can be adapted for churches, conferences, universities, classrooms, podcasts, and online events.