Nate Loper

Nate Loper is the Executive Director for Canyon Ministries, providing Grand Canyon biblical creation-themed adventures and tours to thousands of people each year.  Apart from a passion for geology, he has also studied and taught biblical archaeology of the Ancient Near East in schools and museums around the world.  Currently in studies for a master’s degree in Ancient Civilizations, his dissertation work focuses on the 12^th–15^th Egyptian Dynasties and Second Intermediate Period “Hyksos” culture as it relates to the Hebrew Israelites in Egypt.