http://www.markziese.com/stories daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1644026513519-Q10P35UH0ZPGYCU3A4NN/965.jpg Blog archive http://www.markziese.com/stories/dik-dik-tormented-by-flies monthly 0.5 2026-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1c91a63a-0699-448d-90c2-8f91148a7782/Adjusted+dik+dik+running.jpg Blog archive - Bug-eyed Drama: Why Flies are Obsessed with Kirk’s Dik-diks - Make it stand out A Kirk’s dik-dik darts, pursued by a swarm of flies! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3e9aad10-b21a-452f-8618-a7e81dd09123/Adjusted+details.jpg Blog archive - Bug-eyed Drama: Why Flies are Obsessed with Kirk’s Dik-diks - Make it stand out Close-up of flies and a dik-dik antelope, showing the black preorbital gland below the eye and its twitching snout. http://www.markziese.com/stories/blacksmith-lapwing-1 monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7334d6fd-73dc-421f-8666-70d4648b6052/Lapwing+1.jpg Blog archive - The Blacksmith Lapwing is a Little Fan - Make it stand out Standing in the grass near Lake Magadi, Tanzania, a Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus) showcases its bold, plumage. http://www.markziese.com/stories/green-theology-from-ngorongoro monthly 0.5 2026-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/781821ad-a96e-49f5-ab74-748e07b6dd88/PeaceableKingdom1990-jpg+copy.jpg Blog archive - Green Theology from Ngorongoro - Make it stand out Detail from "Peceable Kingdom” (1990) by John August Swanson. Image from here (accessed 3/31/26). http://www.markziese.com/stories/hartebeest-2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a487d625-73d7-40da-9a4f-cec04de8218d/Hartebeest+2.jpg Blog archive - Colonel Coke’s Hartebeest: Africa’s Unusual Antelope - Make it stand out Two Coke’s Hartebeest (Kongoni) standing in the tall savanna grass. Their silhouette, even in the rain, is unmistakable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8037f9e2-1855-4193-880f-0c84f30c1a98/WenmanCoke.jpg Blog archive - Colonel Coke’s Hartebeest: Africa’s Unusual Antelope - Make it stand out Colonel Coke (1828-1907) pictured here at the age of 33. He served in the Crimean War and later as a Member of Parliament between 1858-1865. Image from here (accessed 3/30/26). http://www.markziese.com/stories/black-crowned-heron-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c197a907-f896-4eb9-bba2-8d84824a2d1d/Black+crowned+Heron+1+adjusted.jpg Blog archive - The Night Shift: Getting to Know the Black-crowned Night-Heron - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/leopard-straddle-2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8f689a37-55f9-4c7b-996b-2573cb8a276f/Leopard+straddle+2.jpg Blog archive - Why do Leopards Dangle So? - Make it stand out African leopard dangling legs while sleeping in an Acacia tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7f5abc4c-4b8b-4f56-a462-e3fdca262355/Leopard+dangling+legs.jpg Blog archive - Why do Leopards Dangle So? - Make it stand out Dangling leopard legs and tail in the Central Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/3qy93lym91fcfcm98bnbe2pnsjhlx3 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0798e477-88cd-46bb-ac12-79740924f32d/493597639_3084797068356285_2434064729167018065_n.jpg Blog archive - The Grey Crowned Crane: A Royal Portrait - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cheetah-face monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7f2aff1c-3eeb-41d9-9cc4-22bc6007422b/adjusted.jpg Blog archive - Klaus vs. the Cheetah: The Surprising Engineering of a Big Cat’s Face - Make it stand out Built Different: The incredible engineering of a high-speed specialist. http://www.markziese.com/stories/elephant-2-right-handed-or-left-handed monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3c6ffa26-c210-4d90-a44c-115aa58be3da/Camp+elephant+2.jpg Blog archive - Left-Handed or Right-Handed? The Secret of the African Elephant’s “Master Tusk” - Make it stand out Note the asymmetry of this big bull’s tusks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3f08bab6-10fb-43c9-8b4e-8ecec6d15a87/Afternoon+elephants.jpg Blog archive - Left-Handed or Right-Handed? The Secret of the African Elephant’s “Master Tusk” - Make it stand out Late afternoon. Elephants in the Central Serengeti, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/leopard-face-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/196f105f-781e-474b-a5dc-f64f8475b207/Leopard+face+1.jpg Blog archive - And Then Our Eyes Met: A Serengeti Encounter - Make it stand out Close-up of a leopard's face in a Serengeti tree. http://www.markziese.com/stories/hippos-rear monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a86d11d7-03f6-4de1-815f-c529c990a2a4/Hippo+rear+end.jpg Blog archive - What’s a Hippo Tail good for? - Make it stand out Mother and young hippopotamus in a Tanzanian pool. Note their short flat tails. http://www.markziese.com/stories/pied-avocet-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6c585d61-44c8-402e-9f2f-6493917daa94/Pied+Avocet+1.jpg Blog archive - The Bill of the Pied Avocet - Make it stand out A Pied Avocet wading in shallow water in the Ngorongoro Crater, showing its distinct black and white plumage and upturned bill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f698b126-d163-4a83-a95e-415660a0c7ed/Pied+Avocet+3.jpg Blog archive - The Bill of the Pied Avocet - Make it stand out The Pied Avocet scythes the water of Lake Magadi in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cheetahs-face-washing monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/99862e37-5750-4081-a998-bfe40565df74/Cheetah.webp Blog archive - Spotted on the Serengeti: A Rare Moment with a Cheetah Mother and Her Cubs - Make it stand out A Serengeti cheetah sits on her haunches, silhouetted against the dusky light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/21f8e68b-a4cd-4a43-8355-ecce7a10e97c/cheetahs+face+washing.jpg Blog archive - Spotted on the Serengeti: A Rare Moment with a Cheetah Mother and Her Cubs - Make it stand out A tender, domestic moment of family life on the raw African plains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8ac8321a-1d4c-4377-83e5-d06658c5b359/cheetah+cub+cleaning.webp Blog archive - Spotted on the Serengeti: A Rare Moment with a Cheetah Mother and Her Cubs - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/topi-in-the-rain-2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/fabe4e4a-7150-4a1d-94c9-ad0217e05fe5/Topi+1.jpg Blog archive - The Outlandish Outfit of the Topi - Make it stand out A Topi antelope in Tanzania showing flank and leg markings and a black facial mask. http://www.markziese.com/stories/serengeti-story-the-creation-of-africas-greatest-national-park monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/14cabbfc-2234-4516-9552-9ffb51c05e21/Serengeti+sunrise.jpg Blog archive - The Price of Preservation: The Serengeti's Complex History - Make it stand out The sun rising on the Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/crowned-crane-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d74e5780-c491-4647-81e3-c2d3d2faaaeb/Crowned+Crane+1.jpg Blog archive - Why So Fluffy? Understanding the “Rouse” of the Grey Crowned Crane - Make it stand out A Grey Crowned Crane fluffed up (rousing) its grey and white feathers in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/a9maiuq4hinfr6fzuwuvg1lh9k79rd monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a0dd738e-63a8-47f9-adca-f1abcbfe6d33/Rhino+1.JPG Blog archive - Black Rhinos and Hope: Creation Care in the Crater - Make it stand out A wild black rhino grazing in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, captured during a Bible Land Explorer safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cb3250ae-f2cf-4455-a772-585dfc737b22/Two+black+rhinos.JPG Blog archive - Black Rhinos and Hope: Creation Care in the Crater - Make it stand out Since we are celebrating, here are two more Black rhinos (and some assorted birds and a wildebeest). http://www.markziese.com/stories/group-shot monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/558c8598-0b21-474c-8aa4-d4b97020e38f/Group+shot+adjusted+2.jpg Blog archive - Serengeti or Bust: Taking the Scenic Route - Make it stand out Team photo: Celebrating our arrival at the stunning green plains of the Eastern Serengeti after a rugged drive through the highlands of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Note the “endless plain” beyond. http://www.markziese.com/stories/waterbuck monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4e610573-2be6-4292-ae25-970c6900842b/Waterbuck.jpg Blog archive - The Shaggy Guardian of Tarangire: Spotting the Waterbuck - Make it stand out A waterbuck lurks in vegetation near the Tarangire River, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/white-bellied-bustard monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e58b1d5b-40af-434e-9615-69c484415e21/White-bellied+Bustard+edited.jpg Blog archive - The Call of the White-bellied Bustard: A Romancer in Tarangire - Make it stand out Male White-bellied Bustard showing blue-grey neck and pinkish bill in Tarangire National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0764150a-8090-4992-a59a-edfaf705e303/white+bellied+bustard+female.JPG Blog archive - The Call of the White-bellied Bustard: A Romancer in Tarangire - Make it stand out This female was near the male pictured above. http://www.markziese.com/stories/takes-flight monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/487b442d-a860-442f-9194-db77420e7019/take+flight+1+edited.jpg Blog archive - A Bare-faced Go-away-bird Takes Flight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/aa4f5977-334d-4b28-b118-b0b9b69e31eb/take+flight+2+edited.jpg Blog archive - A Bare-faced Go-away-bird Takes Flight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b6d8d487-3144-4694-944c-3be63aff9e39/take+flight+3+edited.jpg Blog archive - A Bare-faced Go-away-bird Takes Flight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1f8d9ae4-eb10-4350-9be8-46aeeebaea26/take+flight+4+edited.jpg Blog archive - A Bare-faced Go-away-bird Takes Flight - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/red-necked-spur-fowl-at-rest monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d2ba5217-e8e9-4e56-8d38-d62aff58ef3d/Red-necked+spur+fowl+2.jpg Blog archive - A Roosting Red-necked Spur Fowl - Make it stand out This red-necked spurfowl is still roosting in the morning hours in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/first-roller-of-the-season monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ae7f6213-c3ab-4b4d-b2e7-c6b0bb710ce4/Lilac+breasted+roller+edited.jpg Blog archive - First Roller of the Season - Make it stand out Africa gives us big drama with lions and elephants… and then slips in gems like this to remind us to look at the smaller stars too. http://www.markziese.com/stories/6lnc0q0hhby67erhkv20axncewp515 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c9d98532-21ee-47aa-827c-41cb6e8b843c/face+of+impala.jpg Blog archive - All Antelopes Great and Small: From the Giant Eland to Kirk’s Dik-Dik - Make it stand out The face of a female impala (Aepyceros melampus). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/aa1c950c-4b05-45a1-8f5d-e525271a974a/Giant+Eland.jpg Blog archive - All Antelopes Great and Small: From the Giant Eland to Kirk’s Dik-Dik - Make it stand out Giant Eland with zebra (for scale). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/41fd281a-feef-458b-8c7c-70f63ee2d381/dik+dik.jpg Blog archive - All Antelopes Great and Small: From the Giant Eland to Kirk’s Dik-Dik - Make it stand out We spotted this shy dik-dik on our first game drive of the year in Tarangire. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-largest-thunderbird-in-the-world-the-southern-ground-hornbill monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5693eca9-7a9e-41db-976f-71eea4fddba5/Southern-Ground-Hornbill-Tarangire-Tanzania.jpg Blog archive - The Southern Ground Hornbill: Africa’s Real “Thunderbird” - Make it stand out Southern Ground Hornbills in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f9f840a4-8cf4-49c2-9c97-b893e10123f4/Southern-Ground-Hornbill-Eyelashes.jpg Blog archive - The Southern Ground Hornbill: Africa’s Real “Thunderbird” - Make it stand out Look closely at the bird on the right. Can you spot his eyelashes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/869ce54a-f2bb-4b3e-b962-95c48c000079/Tarangire+National+Park.jpg Blog archive - The Southern Ground Hornbill: Africa’s Real “Thunderbird” - Make it stand out A iconic baobab tree stands as a dry-season sentinel in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/vntwu4wlazdrhao0hs9ozzxtuoy6sg monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b43cc909-8352-4043-aca4-1a67bff775eb/bee%2Beater%2B2%2Badjusted.webp Blog archive - Spotting the Little Bee-eater in Tarangire: Birding Hints - Make it stand out Little Bee-eater perched on a low acacia branch in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/thomson-gazelle-fawn-birth-on-the-serengeti monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e1243c71-61b0-4dd9-80bc-06c5090b8d73/640353862_3403651286470860_4517884979491686403_n.jpg Blog archive - New Life in the Serengeti: Witnessing a Thomson’s Gazelle’s First Steps - Make it stand out Newborn Thomson's gazelle fawn standing for the first time in the Serengeti grass. http://www.markziese.com/stories/stopped-by-water-big-rain-on-the-serengeti monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/698fcbec-28f1-4754-99bd-4d641f17b03a/Serengeti+rain.jpeg Blog archive - Trapped by the Rain: When the Serengeti Swells - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/sunset-cruise-off-the-coast-of-stone-town-zanzibar monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f8662d02-faf8-4698-b7d1-b34b79fe2570/wooden+Dhow.jpg Blog archive - Sunset Cruise off the Coast of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out A traditional wooden Dhow in the Zanzibar Channel, between the Zanzibar archipelago and mainland Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/917c0341-a37b-4246-9b80-c1cd42f1eaa4/Our+Dhow+and+crrew.jpg Blog archive - Sunset Cruise off the Coast of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out Our “sunset cruise” team in the Stone Town harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b94a5671-fa9b-4f50-b673-b043edd6576f/the+prison+house.jpg Blog archive - Sunset Cruise off the Coast of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out This coral stone structure on Prison Island was once used to house yellow-fever victims. Today is it a relaxing tourist destination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2d5de87b-4a51-4c3b-bdbe-2d681367b0c2/tortise.jpg Blog archive - Sunset Cruise off the Coast of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out The only permanant residents of Prison Island are Giant Aldabra tortoises. That’s Zuwena on the left, our local guide and friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0b1af472-2a3a-4648-b7f9-a3b40fa3b96d/Sunset+cruise+panel.jpeg Blog archive - Sunset Cruise off the Coast of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out Click this image to access the video. http://www.markziese.com/stories/david-livingstones-house monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2b5277f4-37e7-4c2c-9f9a-89b25634d90a/Livingstone%27s+House.jpg Blog archive - Livingstone’s House: Zanzibar’s Historic Gateway to Africa - Make it stand out Livingstone's House in Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century building used by European explorers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b3df2abd-4b06-492a-8271-8dc7eacdfccb/Livingstone%27s+house+panel.jpeg Blog archive - Livingstone’s House: Zanzibar’s Historic Gateway to Africa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/rare-encounter monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/98f5e2fe-28e2-406e-bcfe-469552de6cf5/IMG_8804.jpg Blog archive - Vicki’s Pleasant Surprise: a Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey - Make it stand out This was that moment, you can just see it! http://www.markziese.com/stories/view-to-stone-town-zanzibar monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/02f47aab-b51d-42af-9f1a-cff37d5a2ae3/IMG_8642.jpg Blog archive - Above the Maze: A Rooftop View of Stone Town, Zanzibar - Make it stand out Rooftop view of Stone Town’s skyline from Swahili House, featuring historic crenellated parapets and coral ragstone structures. http://www.markziese.com/stories/hildebrandts-starling-the-colorful-african-cousin-of-the-common-starling monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b4d1bbce-0e97-41ad-88f4-0d0e1d6721ed/hildebrandts-starling-serengeti-tanzania.jpg.jpg Blog archive - Hildebrandt’s Starling: The Colorful African Cousin of the Common Starling - Make it stand out Hildebrandt’s Starling with orange eyes and iridescent blue feathers in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/arusha-farm-house monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/632683b5-f217-47fc-a4b2-9516af9835e7/Main+house.JPG Blog archive - Vintage Charm Meets Modern Africa: Stay in the New Arusha Farm House - Make it stand out Vintage charm and modern comfort: Arriving at the Main House, where our safari adventure begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6cf959b3-dd49-4b3c-969f-b6e1476b5bd0/Pool.JPG Blog archive - Vintage Charm Meets Modern Africa: Stay in the New Arusha Farm House - Make it stand out Poolside Serenity: Recharging at the pool house before heading out on safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4a5c54d9-eba2-4152-865b-18e56656abd0/Bonfire.JPG Blog archive - Vintage Charm Meets Modern Africa: Stay in the New Arusha Farm House - Make it stand out Stories Under the Stars: The nightly bonfire—the heart of our evenings at the Farm House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1bfd3e9b-211b-4290-b9e5-4ca8eaf8984d/Cafeteria+%282nd+day+open%29.JPG Blog archive - Vintage Charm Meets Modern Africa: Stay in the New Arusha Farm House - 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Must-have Sicilian Street Food - Make it stand out Traditional cone-shaped Sicilian arancini street food in Taormina, Italy. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cant-hold-it-back monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ae991922-b031-4e85-8937-2a381e17e26c/old+slide+3.jpg Blog archive - The Mediterranean Cruise: Big Ship Energy or Mid-Sized Intimacy? - Make it stand out Vicki can’t hold it back anymore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5026b627-87cc-4ce4-b3ed-9668ec615072/CEL_IN_Aerial.jpg Blog archive - The Mediterranean Cruise: Big Ship Energy or Mid-Sized Intimacy? - Make it stand out The Celebrity Infinity. 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Standing Tip-Toe: The Nimble World of Kirk’s Dik-dik - Make it stand out Kirk’s dik-dik perched on a rock in the Serengeti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/acdc2c19-c7fe-41cc-a004-12f0738756bf/old+slide+3+copy.jpg Blog archive - Standing Tip-Toe: The Nimble World of Kirk’s Dik-dik - Make it stand out Detail of the hooves of Kirk’s diki-dik. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cvk7i17wilw5uuwvj9e1282o31ah1i monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5b3f78d7-3a44-45b4-ab59-7bc3d0c00c07/old+slide+3+copy.jpg Blog archive - Spotted in the Grass: The Elusive Serval Cat of Ngorongoro Crater - Make it stand out This servile cat stopped to listen in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/an-archaeologists-rig-part-19 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d21c6fae-cc49-4f19-b129-7f746217fd86/P1140946.JPG Blog archive - An Archaeologist's Rig (part 19) - 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The Black Wool of Laodikeia and the White Garments of Revelation - Make it stand out Shepherd and flock, outside of Laodikeia, Türkiye. http://www.markziese.com/stories/picnic-on-the-serengeti monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b231308b-ea82-4b84-a439-ea6e54e7f1a7/610998663_3349840108518645_2322971744334483355_n.jpg Blog archive - Picnic on the Serengeti Plain - Make it stand out Perfect picnic: A safari rig with a Maasai Shuka spread over the hood serving as a lunch table in the African bush. http://www.markziese.com/stories/italy-in-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/febedd0a-390c-4df4-a772-66e61e5d5b68/608641929_3347198245449498_7288879756408594353_n.jpg Blog archive - Italy in 2026 - Make it stand out Vicki in the Vatican. http://www.markziese.com/stories/anniversary-of-sorts monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1da9a4b7-6e0b-4814-b25b-c30c500d6b9a/608066920_3345275498975106_7829394986996708809_n.jpg Blog archive - 14 Years of Bible Land Explorer: Where Faith and Archaeology Meet - Make it stand out Mark Ziese of Bible Land Explorer celebrating 14 years of biblical archaeology, story telling, and travel photography. http://www.markziese.com/stories/carter-house monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e041fb88-6bb4-4388-a89c-a912fd949647/Carter+House.jpg Blog archive - Carter House: The Restored Home of the Archaeologist who Discovered King Tut - Make it stand out The Carter House, West Bank, Luxor, has been fully restored. http://www.markziese.com/stories/4dt929npsbfojzpwq9bglvi0vcf45m monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9c2541a3-1408-4bbf-8e05-7448e91bcc39/baby+hyena.JPG Blog archive - The Sounds of the Spotted Hyena - Make it stand out Female hyena and cub. Central Serengeti. Photo by Tonya Ziese. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-thrift-store-band monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/431e2481-2a7b-4b39-90b7-edcc2cf3bbf0/604384831_3339374046231918_1140926725747259226_n.jpg Blog archive - The Thrift Store Band of Çorum, Türkiye - Make it stand out A musical encounter in Turkiye. http://www.markziese.com/stories/a-big-adventure-on-a-small-sambuk monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4d724140-8fe2-4aa9-8bc0-d8beedb4f679/Fishing+boat+on+the+Nile.png Blog archive - A Big Adventure on a Small Sambuk - Make it stand out A small sambuk and its captain in the Nile wetlands. http://www.markziese.com/stories/wxxwl6zot0st2mizkmzy6zpnnhm661 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ed946be9-147d-41c0-8902-366f768d8d9b/600374731_3334730470029609_4130124153048259634_n.jpg Blog archive - Tunisia: Thugga Skyline - Make it stand out View to the skyline of ancient Dougga in Tunisia. http://www.markziese.com/stories/ku05k1e4ds616jv8a6781jkhjr3jbx monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/14a4c92a-c396-43c4-8997-7191076f8a43/599298200_3333779460124710_5475252709715157726_n.jpg Blog archive - Give 'em Greece for Christmas! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/fee573d7-39b0-46d4-94fa-92c464e3f534/IMG_4299.jpg Blog archive - Give 'em Greece for Christmas! - Make it stand out Dave Mullins offering words of encouragement on the Sea of Galilee, 2022. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-mausoleum-of-ateban monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3a94ebb1-4e89-4f31-b33e-85832f5cd9a1/600423614_3332807923555197_487748974578289970_n.jpg Blog archive - The Mausoleum of Ateban: Cracking the Numidian Language - Make it stand out The Mausoleum of Ateban, Dougga, Tunisia. http://www.markziese.com/stories/balloon-riding-over-the-nile monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a14308e3-41d3-4e5d-8766-0ce820ca0201/Balloons+over+Luxor.JPG Blog archive - Luxor Sunrise Hot Air Balloon Experience - Make it stand out Balloons over the Nile! http://www.markziese.com/stories/harbor-road-ephesus monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/50af9743-39cf-455a-971c-69c24c97a28a/598664416_3328944460608210_3654272489266958588_n.jpg Blog archive - Pondering the Harbor Road, Ephesus - Make it stand out Try to imagine what the view from the Theater to the Harbor (area) looked like in the biblical period. http://www.markziese.com/stories/tips-for-reading-egyptian-temples monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/635afa70-e45a-4d7d-9d8e-6ee0ce1f3474/Philae+Temple.jpg Blog archive - Tips for “Reading” Egyptian Temples - Make it stand out The Temple of Philae, near Aswan. http://www.markziese.com/stories/philistines-in-egypt monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f331c6e7-56b5-4a62-969a-9762252b53b1/Habu+Temple.jpg Blog archive - Medinet Habu: The Pharaoh’s Battle Against the Philistines - Make it stand out The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. http://www.markziese.com/stories/tjbpbb9qffjc2333c5h5av6gfw194u monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f311f742-efb6-4fe7-935d-2c3d53f3d0e7/587334397_3309438312558825_7866168766319025740_n.jpg Blog archive - Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Boston, 2025 - Make it stand out JCBS booth hoodlums. http://www.markziese.com/stories/lbjuv29n91j55o28cftnwdwbdcvz5j monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e6b34854-af5f-4dc3-9fcd-59928fcc07e5/585215109_3306281342874522_6661639214711930277_n.jpg Blog archive - Morning Trails and Evening Grace in Indiana - Make it stand out A few autumn leaves are still holding on. Beautiful to see the last of the season's gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8c5a60de-de89-43df-bd3d-61fe3dd5ce41/585116838_3306281916207798_8683591018380943067_n.jpg Blog archive - Morning Trails and Evening Grace in Indiana - Make it stand out The lighting in the morning is amazing. It’s a perfect place for some morning reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ee7b3374-4f09-499b-9a34-5f80bd0d7129/584444709_3306281626207827_2397660555337346117_n.jpg Blog archive - Morning Trails and Evening Grace in Indiana - Make it stand out Exploring the rugged sandstone gorges of Turkey Run—definitely doesn’t feel like the typical Indiana flatlands! http://www.markziese.com/stories/tgn49rqyeuoj31ijgamwaes9slmvgs monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9bd0f8ee-111c-4f13-8632-bbf5d721d1a2/581959083_3302532103249446_5434479910519061859_n.jpg Blog archive - The Global Reach of the Green and Gold - Make it stand out Packer fans from Germany. Go, Pack, Go! http://www.markziese.com/stories/0yegy4hgih044fj7uq1uirx1hoqywm monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/85c09feb-5315-48a7-9c9c-38ee88ccfcbb/582613882_3299102133592443_8283988230451689916_n.jpg Blog archive - The Ptolemaic Sphinx at NMEC: A Fusion of Egypt and Greece - Make it stand out Detailed view of the Ptolemaic sphinx at NMEC, highlighting the unique Greek-influenced facial features on a traditional Egyptian body. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2hy6st332zy3r1t59uyj4s9q9auxr4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f4032a80-970c-4d98-b621-f9c06c03690d/581217511_3298263867009603_443067563255879070_n.jpg Blog archive - Reunion of Seminary Friends - Make it stand out Mark caught up with Safaa and Mona Fahmi of Christian Arabic Services in Cairo. http://www.markziese.com/stories/jgw1h9ef572hqixeo10dd3h9lrb1d2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1c55a132-276e-4d5d-a09a-46b6a2d66d07/581160000_3296727087163281_2595889103107205800_n.jpg Blog archive - Good Catch! (Good Grief!) - Make it stand out I didn't choose the superhero life; the camel-ride photographer chose it for me. http://www.markziese.com/stories/td2hgvbo74utp8ya6w1w7t1qaiek5j monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/91ecff03-d963-4c8b-aa36-66a9ab199d0a/577961643_3292272337608756_396419366028129946_n.jpg Blog archive - Luxor's First TV (and Other Vintage Tech) - Make it stand out Antiques on display at the Beyt Ward Restaurant in Luxor. http://www.markziese.com/stories/ngt6on2gli05xiq0jlcrzu3tx63gi5 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/69d499c7-9188-4a62-9e37-cb67151557fb/577914010_3291099897726000_9107588428173851074_n.jpg Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Inside the Tomb of Rekhmire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/530ce499-054a-43b5-9945-5553ce376089/IMG_6530.JPG Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Exterior views to TT100. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d868aa2a-aa3d-4a01-8983-2a94f7996131/IMG_6532.JPG Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/25c9b0ff-4a0c-4dbb-99f6-abb4494f0844/IMG_6542.JPG Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Laborers making mud bricks illustrated on the tomb wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b29eef3e-9f97-41d0-a8f4-72fd6fba63e7/Khaled.png Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Khalid, a resident of Qurnah, gave me a great tour of the Tombs of the Nobles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/19152db6-d1fb-4ee5-9937-70eb4203f10a/IMG_6539.JPG Blog archive - Daily Life from the Time of Moses at the Tomb of Rekhmire - Make it stand out Nubians presenting a giraffe and an monkey as tribute, as depicted in the Tomb of Rekhmire (TT100). http://www.markziese.com/stories/57nq2ci5o46k3gyc5za0cs80cmnavk monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/eccf8caa-de46-492c-b52a-5307949076c3/588383363_3309049082597748_1357158180060043641_n.jpg Blog archive - The Hoopoe: The Bird of Kings and Wisdom - Make it stand out A hoopoe in the grass outside my Luxor hotel. http://www.markziese.com/stories/big-birds monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cd327706-1efd-407f-b93a-339d106f2165/576246269_3288988977937092_2175766133904005841_n.jpg Blog archive - Flying the Boeing 747: Lufthansa and the Queen of the Skies - Make it stand out Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 passenger planes parked in a row at the airport. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cold-turkey monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/404caa40-57e5-4e44-8f43-1e970f57c8f2/572484535_3285716331597690_3133508285347760841_n.jpg Blog archive - Surprise Snowstorms: Following History to Sardis & Laodicea - Make it stand out Map showing the locations of Laodicia and Sardis in snow during a winter study-tour in Türkiye. http://www.markziese.com/stories/nomadic-sortof monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0a92895f-c3df-491d-bff9-725a44112fa7/571393965_3284578218378168_3021284259220021419_n.jpg Blog archive - The Facultative Nomad: Birdwatching in Tanzania - Make it stand out Yellow-billed storks next to the water in Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/colossal monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ba13619c-9874-4407-9975-5aa97adf6fa3/574296547_3283527241816599_2137508808762649776_n.jpg Blog archive - Aristotle and Paul at Assos - Make it stand out The Doric columns of the Temple of Athena in Assos overlooking the Aegean Sea from an 800-foot cliff. http://www.markziese.com/stories/lay67slu5ntv2071we2kvk0sm7klx9 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2b9bb327-5424-4223-821a-4c55b453444d/571724635_3282629918572998_1101417414997457348_n.jpg Blog archive - Ostrich Brain-to-Body Ratio: Wisdom, Job 39, and the Assfish - Make it stand out We encountered this large male ostrich standing in the expansive grasslands of Tanzania during a wildlife safari. http://www.markziese.com/stories/seeking-shade monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e395f646-d7f7-434b-8d00-d5d6a62c6e85/558151245_3277023595800297_5718884513765608513_n.jpg Blog archive - Shade Seekers: The Social World of the Giraffe - Make it stand out A trio of giraffes seek shade to escape the sun in the African savannah http://www.markziese.com/stories/tear-lines monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/346ee6d8-d7cb-49eb-9216-37707ec6d651/568506491_3274884306014226_3240816720371671615_n.jpg Blog archive - The Secret of Cheetah Tear Lines: Malar Stripes - Make it stand out Close-up of a cheetah in the Serengeti showing the dark malar stripes (tear lines) from its eyes to its mouth. http://www.markziese.com/stories/nwnky53ct8iue2kws4u2wm1qnioxdy monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/012a7077-3760-4982-a755-0f3610bd7acd/561302001_3270334743135849_1800567877989859436_n.jpg Blog archive - The Kneeling Atlas of Pompeii: Exploring the Ancient Odeon - Make it stand out A well-preserved Roman sculpture of a Kneeling Atlas supporting a ledge in the Odeon theater of Pompeii, Italy. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-welcoming-tree monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a07d59ce-3d2b-463c-ad3d-ed7328be06e0/561375644_3269202433249080_4400872035435020204_n.jpg Blog archive - Giants of Tarangire: Baobabs, Elephants, and the Tree of Life - Make it stand out A massive, 1,000-year-old baobab tree at the Boundary Hill Gate entrance of Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/v52p3ng1vwnsbbgb6fpe4o19n4qzdv monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ade66b9f-b237-4d41-8707-6a8ce70cf5b1/561812196_3268079346694722_4863639372982065937_n.jpg Blog archive - The Serengeti Hippo Pool: Bloats, Bacteria, and Safari Perfume - Make it stand out A large group (bloat) of hippos crowded together in a muddy water hole in the African savannah. http://www.markziese.com/stories/wry-smile monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/605c07b2-d8da-4ee7-9459-dfa08383b2d5/564229721_3267076973461626_237871216106704542_n.jpg Blog archive - The Smiling Eland: Secrets of Africa’s Largest Antelope - Make it stand out A close-up of a large eland antelope with spiral horns and an oxpecker bird on its back in the Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/natural-stance monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/fc6c80d3-e7ef-4371-8328-1df456013356/559017000_3265983560237634_990520675662842506_n.jpg Blog archive - An Archaeologist's Rig (part 127) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/lapped-faced monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/88faa3f3-ab74-47a2-95f9-e2a81de311e0/560988218_3262491080586882_1719842586432483605_n.jpg Blog archive - The Noble Lappet-faced Vulture: Africa’s Largest Scavenger - Make it stand out A Lappet-faced vulture showing its distinctive skin folds and massive beak in the African savannah. http://www.markziese.com/stories/duck-duck-goose monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bfd15230-4c93-45fd-b24f-d8e44430c895/558427668_3261317110704279_384956469542359115_n.jpg Blog archive - Duck-Duck-Goose: A Case of Mistaken Identity - Make it stand out An Egyptian Goose with its distinctive brown eye patches (bandit mask) standing near a water-hole in Africa. http://www.markziese.com/stories/sneaky-drongo monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1433f7ca-f7bb-4def-ae33-4f95de950c2a/559053386_3259076424261681_7967467263757204145_n.jpg Blog archive - The Fork-tailed Drongo: Africa’s Greatest Kleptoparasite - Make it stand out A black Fork-tailed drongo, known for its predatory mimicry, perched on a branch in the African savannah. http://www.markziese.com/stories/st-catherines-monastery monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b40a21da-9711-4821-82bf-a7e5c4c8d4ab/558093958_3256680707834586_6380684816460392572_n.jpg Blog archive - St. Catherine’s Monastery: A Fortress of Faith at the Base of Mt. Sinai - Make it stand out The fortified stone walls of St. Catherine's Monastery at the base of the rugged granite peaks of Mount Sinai (Jebel Musa). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/923f1121-7cd4-4dcd-a5e3-8f8183198663/558998251_3256680794501244_7747305851087540802_n.jpg Blog archive - St. Catherine’s Monastery: A Fortress of Faith at the Base of Mt. 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I captured this image on a Tanzanian safari. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-god-who-heals monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 http://www.markziese.com/stories/bull-boss monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/fcba2d2a-a053-4cf7-95ad-e28b769e0fbc/491833880_3075598199276172_6741433405785007494_n.jpg Blog archive - An African Buffalo Bull Boss - Make it stand out African Buffalo Horns: Nature’s Most Formidable Helmet. http://www.markziese.com/stories/thessalonikis-lost-temple monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0098ed57-945c-419d-a0e0-ffcb4bc3b78b/Screenshot+2026-03-19+at+2.16.02%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog archive - From Aphrodite to Augustus: How Rome Repurposed Greek Sacred Spaces in Thessaloniki - Make it stand out Antigonidon Square fountain, Thessaloniki. http://www.markziese.com/stories/igiqu0brm7xhsntu6ekeb9imb0wxdx monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/628d279f-22f8-4747-8793-2d970582629c/491351725_3075250782644247_905757456525680441_n.jpg Blog archive - The Canary’s Song: A Study in Freedom and Foliage - Make it stand out A White-bellied canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), I believe. http://www.markziese.com/stories/sporting-the-colors-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/afd08601-16e3-4a55-98e1-8f0dcd639796/491933335_3075008146001844_6644735996363068557_n.jpg Blog archive - A Serengeti Honeymoon: The Radiant Colors of the Yellow-billed Stork - Make it stand out Birding in Tanzania: The Vibrant Yellow-billed Stork of the Great Rift Valley. http://www.markziese.com/stories/worth-less-than-a-penny monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d6511624-a49a-435e-ae1e-fd4f315d96b4/491966081_3074213806081278_1893832395302266897_n.jpg Blog archive - The White-rumped Shrike: A Guide to East Africa’s “Shrieking” Passerine - Make it stand out White-rumped shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli) perched on an acacia branch in the East African savanna. http://www.markziese.com/stories/00po9t7k0w2sngfhbi53xtcws3q0xr monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f91e0f93-cb25-4381-8df8-58573acc6780/491943230_3073913149444677_688126467005227953_n.jpg Blog archive - Julia Throws Up - Make it stand out Julia with some of the Olerai Lodge staff. http://www.markziese.com/stories/eq0scgyx30qddif3gg69hk5igy0pv9 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e297b4ff-f29b-4308-959f-7cfbc9cd084f/490757378_3073421016160557_8642567233014197005_n.jpg Blog archive - Sun, Stone, and Simba: A Serengeti Afternoon - Make it stand out A lioness and her cub resting on a granite kopje in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/h47ik2ogtvnld9q7y1xzeun56q036e monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1ff618f9-11d3-4f1f-b1de-fcbf57e93b27/491328237_3073147012854624_6610732659889914615_n.jpg Blog archive - The Serengeti’s Spotted Welcome Committee: Cheetahs on the Lookout - Make it stand out A pair of cheetahs (two brothers?) atop a termite mound in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/our-knobby-tyres monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6e82d2a6-bc53-49ac-a440-028b937a32c1/DSC_0015.jpeg Blog archive - Knobby Tyres and Skilled Wheelmen: The Secret of Success in the African Bush - Make it stand out Sometimes we come to the end of the road. And keep going! http://www.markziese.com/stories/back-to-work-after-a-three-day-weekend monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3a0ed1f6-8de8-4d50-a223-4f7f3a2d5d40/490934821_3072607896241869_6478511497131676929_n.jpg Blog archive - Bad Hair Day? The Quirky Habits of the Black-Headed Heron - Make it stand out A Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) fluffed out and perched in a tree in the northern Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/frog-legs-anyone monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/455a941b-9423-420a-a9d4-3ff23f3b20b2/490887912_3072011132968212_7951840819889565594_n.jpg Blog archive - Dinner in One Gulp: A White-browed Coucal’s Surprise Catch - Make it stand out White-browed coucal (Centropus superciliosus) with a frog in its beak in the African savanna. http://www.markziese.com/stories/k8xfhl2oq874hh0cwwlqv3y9xqk230 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/030fa604-d044-41fc-a292-16365bbadb9a/G2.jpg Blog archive - Beyond the “Endless Plains”: The Explorer Behind Grant’s Gazelle - Make it stand out A herd of Grant’s gazelle (Nanger granti) with lyre-shaped horns in the Serengeti National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6c74f9c5-cbcd-40cd-8818-b085f117644d/Speke-Grant-1864.jpg Blog archive - Beyond the “Endless Plains”: The Explorer Behind Grant’s Gazelle - Make it stand out Speke introduces Grant to the Queen-Dowager of Buganda. Image from here (accessed 3/3/2026). http://www.markziese.com/stories/endless monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/100197f8-c853-42ae-9c3c-39b7aceb4cec/490499331_3071729649663027_381228508616630387_n.jpg Blog archive - Where is the Horizon?: Why the Maasai call it the Serengeti - Make it stand out Wide-angle view of the Serengeti plains at sunset, showing the vast, “endless land” horizon in Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/a-little-cockoo monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f457fb84-7b2b-4379-97d4-a4c4abf5bb34/490221502_3071727729663219_3110551194733366977_n.jpg Blog archive - Feeling a Little Cuckoo? Meet the White-Browed Coucal - Make it stand out A White-browed coucal with a striking red eye perched in an African thicket. http://www.markziese.com/stories/black-and-white monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e03de146-3e18-438e-b532-16ac8c960fac/490570421_3071725892996736_8352682712704027205_n.jpg Blog archive - Black and White: The Greek Roots of the Magpie Shrike - Make it stand out A Magpie shrike (Lanius melanoleucus) with its iconic long tail perched near a safari camp in the Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/safari-food monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 http://www.markziese.com/stories/fearless-parent monthly 0.5 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/40d097c4-0fb9-4659-b179-185c085281bc/490640069_3071509703018355_6874408756281590088_n.jpg Blog archive - The Blacksmith Lapwing: The Small Bird That Takes On Elephants - Make it stand out A Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) standing in the Serengeti, known for its metallic “tink” call. http://www.markziese.com/stories/why-do-hippos-yawn monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5c701bd4-4e58-4d98-ad2d-9630dda2af8f/490409674_3071494376353221_6589023584065815329_n.jpg Blog archive - Why do Hippos Yawn? - Make it stand out A hippopotamus yawning in a river, showing large teeth and 150-degree jaw stretch. http://www.markziese.com/stories/iwiy4enxemv9syeoiwp07micwhvus2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/298fcf85-d48e-4c53-afb4-0e1a3bb14c20/490363868_3071018559734136_2861118304803803337_n.jpg Blog archive - A Giant in Trouble: The Majestic Rüppell's Vulture - Make it stand out A mature Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli) perched on a dead tree in the Serengeti National Park. (Special thanks to Ken Gawne for his assistance with this photo!). http://www.markziese.com/stories/what-is-glamping-anyway monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b26145c3-9b4b-4292-b792-20513b27edb3/Mess+tent+and+individual+tents.jpg Blog archive - Forget Everything You Thought About Camping: Why We “Glamp” on Safari - Make it stand out The mess tent and individual tents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4495113e-4d9a-4e00-87a2-6af5f723233b/IMG_9224.jpg Blog archive - Forget Everything You Thought About Camping: Why We “Glamp” on Safari - Make it stand out The welcome/lounge tent is a good gathering place for safarists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d636e6a7-d941-4280-afbf-ec7103dc3a3c/IMG_5218.jpg Blog archive - Forget Everything You Thought About Camping: Why We “Glamp” on Safari - Make it stand out Finishing up a buffet dinner inside canvas and screens. http://www.markziese.com/stories/blessing monthly 0.5 2026-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2dac5170-1315-43a7-b0fd-2e31d0eb78c1/490022274_3069913829844609_3892129014160489636_n.jpg Blog archive - Colleagues, Friends, Brothers on Safari - Make it stand out A enjoyable safari is no accident. It takes good partners in the field and a solid office working behind the scenes. http://www.markziese.com/stories/big-boy monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2aa6ee44-4f0d-427d-af66-1fda35fb749f/494303980_1276694437796338_1643705139077412187_n.jpg Blog archive - Meet the Heaviest Flying Bird in Africa: The Kori Bustard - Make it stand out A large Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) walking along the edge of Lake Magadi in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. http://www.markziese.com/stories/on-the-trail-of-the-great-migration monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563edf9-a56d-4556-acde-3d0bd5268c01/Great+Migration.jpeg Blog archive - The Great Pursuit: Tracking the Serengeti’s Massive Herds - Make it stand out Herds of wildebeests and zebras moving through the northern Serengeti. http://www.markziese.com/stories/hyfvue0tpt93ikqehv5vdet1ntim2o monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/94385556-167b-4620-bb85-6f7b5adac1c4/489827920_3069857909850201_2675339214758717584_n.jpg Blog archive - Snakes, Bugs, and Biblical Mystery: See the Banded Mongoose - Make it stand out The banded mongoose, named for the distinct dark stripes across its backside. http://www.markziese.com/stories/unexpected-beauty monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4b1903ac-7b77-4252-9854-909b095594ae/490413986_3069550163214309_7982910511055606983_n.jpg Blog archive - Beauty in the Mess: Rüppell's glossy-starling - Make it stand out The light bounces off of this Rüppell's glossy-starling and suggests a metallic sheen. http://www.markziese.com/stories/special-gland monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f59da822-a755-4262-bc57-9137eea7f7ca/490019325_3069536666548992_5095255278147651365_n.jpg Blog archive - Built-in Bellows: The Amazing Biology of Kirk’s Dik-dik - Make it stand out Look closely at that dark circle just below (and forward of) the eye of this dik-dik. See the preorbital gland? http://www.markziese.com/stories/mom-and-them monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/de72d528-f1c2-4cf9-93bd-3c55611e9255/490071053_3069531546549504_3414277538751528567_n.jpg Blog archive - Two Years in the Making: The Incredible Journey of an Elephant Pregnancy - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/how-do-you-say-ngorongoro monthly 0.5 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f7794f66-7d70-49aa-93be-c48c665389cd/Herder.jpg Blog archive - How do you say "Ngorongoro"? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/topi monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/399ab6e4-7994-4476-9cb3-1aae45700629/489926255_3069176323251693_5235915792647275354_n.jpg Blog archive - The Painted Antelope: Identifying the Topi of the Serengeti - Make it stand out A Topi antelope (Damaliscus lunatus) with distinct blue-black-yellow patches standing on the Serengeti plains. http://www.markziese.com/stories/a-little-attitude monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/a36dd161-1a87-4698-a120-19b77fb32d8e/489917045_3068922769943715_1071427563186851413_n.jpg Blog archive - A Little Attitude: The Lilac-breasted Roller - Make it stand out A colorful Lilac-breasted roller perched on a branch in the African savanna, showing bright blue and lilac plumage. http://www.markziese.com/stories/goosy-tree monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/fe5ebaf1-81bb-499e-9396-aa630f8fc1a5/489820826_3068818266620832_8849324792560032984_n.jpg Blog archive - Duck, Duck, Goose? The Identity Crisis of the Egyptian Goose - Make it stand out Egyptian geese, with distinctive eye-patches, roosting in a dead tree. http://www.markziese.com/stories/sacred-ibis monthly 0.5 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6f5bf5bf-3ee3-4540-86a2-1d20c4ab0c5b/489443987_3068498139986178_7208469411031222035_n.jpg Blog archive - The Sacred Ibis: Egypt’s Mythical “Pinhead” - Make it stand out Sacred Ibis showing red skin under wing. 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A female figures reaches out from the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/672391b1-d14a-4a6f-83d0-0e35eb7ddd97/2022-06-13+14.31.55.jpg Blog archive - The Fortress at the End - Make it stand out Vicki stands on the barbarian side of the Blue Danube, her toes in “the water.” Opposite her is a representation of the major Roman camp where Budapest, Hungary, is located today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1eec641b-9e7d-4782-b2cb-5de3d9bf1e26/Lioness.jpeg Blog archive - The Fortress at the End - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-end-of-a-season monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d53d1a98-cf3f-48b9-9ba0-59f1bcbde2a9/480761406_3021645951338064_7202242450261549646_n.jpg Blog archive - Jerusalem: The Final Press - Make it stand out Our group is seated on the front stair of the Church of All Nations. http://www.markziese.com/stories/bratis monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4642e85f-5214-4606-8631-1a3361e5873b/IMG_0997.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Finding a Positiv in your Ergebnis-Fenster is never a good thing. Especially when it is an Antigen Schnelltest for CoV-2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7bfbe3b3-0cef-4a39-bc4c-86378047ecae/IMG_0987+copy.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Vicki decided we’d take our chances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3b9f30f7-b6a9-409d-a2fc-e93a1a04b005/IMG_1001.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out It could be a pharmacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ab16906c-fe18-4cf1-bb57-dca658ed9d3a/IMG_0999.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Inside were the largest aspirin I had ever seen. Definitely Max +. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1b3473e1-72b9-449e-b3d9-850f0dcb6176/IMG-0059.JPG Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b7337aef-a3b1-43ce-877a-5f1187f4ac2c/IMG_0990.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/21f2380c-a4df-418c-95c2-7f8eef8d08fb/norwegian%2Bjade.001.jpg Blog archive - In Vienna: Our Viral Romance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/all-in monthly 0.5 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1fedb8bb-0a9e-4af0-ac64-10946bdd259e/480949604_3021638451338814_2745508612883279516_n.jpg Blog archive - Group Shot Exiting Hezekiah's Tunnel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/masada monthly 0.5 2026-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/22f44393-f6a7-4ea9-ba3c-a8421b5825af/480730260_3021631838006142_3173407550542573283_n.jpg Blog archive - Northern Palace, Masada - Make it stand out Explorers walk the stair down to the lowest tier of the Northern Palace, Masada. http://www.markziese.com/stories/bike-ride monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f068306f-d293-40eb-b90a-4dfe3498acf3/IMG_0729+copy.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria - Make it stand out View to the village of Dürnstein in the Wachau Valley. The castle above the city was the place where King Richard I of England (“Lionheart”) was imprisoned in the 12th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1654882352469-KKJ3WS50IJ213UIS43RH/grapes.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1654882373853-X82XQ16AH3BSKUW4WBO0/Lise+explaining+grapes.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1654882498418-O6BEYM8MTRPNRPKGHV0I/IMG_0787+copy.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1654882629352-O202WK4VC1NDQ816BKZF/IMG_0808+copy.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d6d9cc3e-d422-4e1f-a51c-a8cb477bc4b6/IMG_0797.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria - Make it stand out New excavations of the Roman fort at Mautern an der Donau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bb114a7f-6502-428d-90ad-8fc0abe1d96e/IMG_0843.jpg Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria - Make it stand out Lise chatting up with the locals on the ferryboat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/696205fd-8edc-4124-a608-9194e479f2a4/IMG_0918+copy.JPG Blog archive - Cycling Through History: A Day in the Wachau Valley, Austria - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/lion-cage monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d06f0cec-1393-4af0-8d44-682a56488e94/IMG_0708.jpg Blog archive - Lion Cage (Part 1) - Make it stand out The outline of Durnstein Castle came into view on the port side of the ship. It clung to a ridge above the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/59e77fa1-81e8-4d58-8f64-7074feb46e76/englischer-reisemaler-1.-haelfte-19.-jahrhundert-5718604.jpg Blog archive - Lion Cage (Part 1) - Make it stand out A view of Dürnstein from Rossatz. An old inscription marks its reverse: "Castle of Dürnstein.” Image from here: https://www.dorotheum.com/fileadmin/lot-images/38Z181002/hires/englischer-reisemaler-1.-haelfte-19.-jahrhundert-5718604.jpg (accessed 7/18/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3a4d3984-e4ac-4cf8-bfef-40e23374c398/IMG_0827.jpg Blog archive - Lion Cage (Part 1) - Make it stand out The AmaVerde docked in Weißenkirchen in der Wachau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3817b660-6aff-446a-b261-ded876cb604c/richard+on+crusade.jpeg Blog archive - Lion Cage (Part 1) - Make it stand out Richard the Lionheart Embarks on Crusade, mural by Glyn Warren Philpot (1927). 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The castle where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned sits on the ridge above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/82d0955e-6930-47f8-9774-28d2b0996856/richard.jpeg Blog archive - Lion Cage (Part 1) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/where-the-orient-begins monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1eb5d4b8-9703-419f-b20f-a9d90344f6b5/IMG_0969.jpg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out Fishing huts appeared along the banks of the Danube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/93d0e961-9887-4070-842d-43ba21690ff4/east+of+vienna.001.jpg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out The Balkans form the third and the most eastern of Europe’s three southern peninsulas (the Iberian and the Italian are the other two). It is framed by the Adriatic, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas. The term “Balkan” is regularly used by historians but frowned upon by some moderns. Its name was drawn from the Balkan Mountains once believed to dominate the region. The label “Southeast Europe” may be preferred. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/97eea37a-90b4-4558-b8ec-7d0c071647c0/greJop2.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out Concert diplomacy in the 19th century. Image from here: https://typelish.com/b/the-concert-of-europe-as-an-example-of-concert-diplomacy-in-the-19th-century-102433 (accessed 7/15/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/41d3bf1a-2c16-4388-8728-3b278de0077d/IMG_0965.jpg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out Hainburg an der Donau, Austria. The ruins on the distant hill are all that remains of a castle built in the AD 1050 by Henry III, leader of the Holy Roman Empire. Hainburg is near the junction of the modern countries of Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f2013e87-5a82-4fdf-9d60-6eb512328505/orient+express.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out Postcard. “The Orient Express near Constantinople.” Image from here: https://assets.atlasobscura.com/article_images/lg/24565/image.jpg (accessed 7/15/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1be7c23b-f973-4d2f-9e29-750cc973cbbb/Safari+thumbnail+copy.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Orient begins - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/salzburg monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d383d1af-43c8-4999-98ee-f31c72ace540/SoundMusic1.jpeg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob - Make it stand out The von Trapp family from The Sound of Music. 20th Century Fox (1965). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1657259096791-YBND0K61A6AANCWO0DX5/2022-06-08+09.06.34.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1657250536499-M23RVIIY6NPLYI9UA8FN/2022-06-08+06.06.34.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1657250352939-5OCNYL0F55DASYM0JTLC/2022-06-08+05.02.55.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1657250374731-4KS8TBYO5O6NV3R50J0Z/2022-06-08+05.05.01.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/12e8bda2-0ca6-4306-aa93-99e32b27aa61/salzburg.002.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob - Make it stand out I circled the location of Iuvavum as it appear on Section 3 of the Tabula Peutingeriana. The river colored blue at the top of the image is the Danube. The river at the bottom (also blue) is the Po. The mountains in the middle, colored green, are the Alps. Image from here: https://www.euratlas.net/cartogra/peutinger/medium_zoom/original_map_10_1.html (accessed 7/8/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e4a61c78-9cb1-4dae-95fc-5b885db7c382/Reconstruction_Iuvavum.jpeg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob - Make it stand out Roman Iuvavum. Image from here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reconstruction_Iuvavum.jpg (accessed 7/8/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8ff00018-5615-4d30-a58d-f20d0ca1bdcb/2022-06-08+07.31.20.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob - Make it stand out The façade of the Salzburg Cathedral. Inside is where Mozart was baptized. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/66e80866-d4d4-45b2-9e1b-d76b56fcd73b/Tied+up+near+Kunstmuseum+Linz+4.jpg Blog archive - Salzburg flashmob - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/roskovics monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d4b3a2d9-85e6-4955-938c-fc0032c4dd45/5002044142_191.jpeg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out Úrfi kijátok or Gentleman’s Play by Ignác Roskovics (1883). Image from https://www.mutargy.com/festmeny-grafika/roskovics-ignac-1854-1915-urfi-kijatok-1883 (accessed 6/27/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ea4b2a33-f1ea-49c5-8c54-2715372ea157/Roskovics+statue.jpg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out This life-sized statue of Ignác Roskovics stands on the sidewalk outside outside the Intercontinental Hotel in Budapest. It was created by Ukrainian sculptor Mihály Kolodko and introduced in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/61d0a743-723b-459a-9258-4a7dad6e419d/lit_50280_630u631.jpeg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out Serbian peasants from southern Hungary by Roskovics. Image from https://ww1.habsburger.net/en/media/ignaz-roskovics-serbian-peasants-southern-hungary-illustration-1891 (accessed 6/27/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/37704dce-4a3b-431c-b1f8-9a159e66c73d/63576.jpeg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out The Coronation of Saint Stephen (1900). Image from https://en.mng.hu/artworks/the-coronation-of-saint-stephen/ (accessed 6/27/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/45574a42-6f73-4c9f-85dd-a8a71c0f5c6c/fc7cfa7e2d0307d69f227a7b08b53660.jpeg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out Roskovics’ Menyasszonytánc or Bridal Dance (1888). See how the groom swings the face of his bride into the light? Lovely. You can almost hear the mandolin and the clapping. Even the kids are dancing! So fluid. So joyful! Image from https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/7c/fa/fc7cfa7e2d0307d69f227a7b08b53660.jpg (accessed 6/27/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/963ca8d7-9293-4fa7-9166-ea529dd974e6/portrait.002.jpg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out Portrait of a man with cocked hat and cigarette (1884). Image from https://gallery.hungaricana.hu/hu/TortenelmiKepcsarnok/1000864/?list=eyJxdWVyeSI6ICJUSVBVUz0oRmVzdG1cdTAwZTlueSkifQ&img=0 (accessed 6/27/2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/475ef881-fa92-4c81-b1c8-0413d13a016a/16_793_193547.jpeg Blog archive - People painter - Make it stand out The signature of the artist. 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This place was strategic and heavily fortified in the Roman period. Roman-era findspots marked by circles. Image from signage in the Römermuseum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4a47e0f5-03e6-4eed-928c-fb64a4527479/IMG_0467.jpg Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out A bridge crossing the Danube (Donau) River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ff400695-af13-42e0-99ee-14044a9334d5/IMG_0452.jpg Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out The gate was open. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e1424a45-d5e4-49a4-94e3-3327496e1cea/IMG_0433.jpg Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out Vicki standing near a corner tower of Fort Boiotro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8c0dff1f-d878-40b7-836c-c93d84d75621/800px-KB_-_Kastell_Boiotro_Modell_2.jpeg Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out An artist’s reconstruction of the Roman fort along the River Inn in modern Passau, Germany. The fort had an irregular trapezoidal shape and was surrounded by a moat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ec7efb2f-8ada-4cf8-924c-1c4b5154677b/IMG_0656.jpg Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out The location of Fort Boiotro. The Danube marked the northern limit of the empire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d2b6f63e-ec68-425c-b3e2-b120d91b8687/IMG_0191.JPG Blog archive - Fort Boiotro - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-amaverde monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cfa74e37-8785-405c-8229-412a69fdd392/bow.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out The AmaVerde tied up in Vilshofen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/37567d7f-9bb7-4691-8cd0-bcfce5c612f3/Stern.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out She was a low-slung affair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1b0e8053-6a70-4e0a-9d2a-22a7b1e9f100/Tied+up+in+Passau+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out The topdeck is a great place to lounge and enjoy the scenery. We were, however, sternly warned when passing under low bridges “to keep our hands and feet inside the ride at all times.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/be217ecb-c85a-4e19-837f-bbd14404c3fb/hallway.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out The 80 staterooms of the AmaVerde can house 160 passengers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0287126c-9d18-43f3-897d-2f23d50c005a/2022-06-07+11.41.56+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/54f2e4a1-88e5-46ab-ac3c-22b91006eb3d/2022-06-07+11.04.42+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0678375d-c026-4a00-90a4-7111083721e0/Dining+area+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/764b85b8-2572-44e0-b16f-46c6d4eaf427/2022-06-13+08.44.07+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d5d9a095-5c3f-4055-95d8-bcb19f9131ef/2022-06-07+20.01.58+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e2881f6e-24ab-4bcc-aa35-d5eceae33657/Our+stateroom+copy.jpg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5b4a1fa5-2bf5-4c47-b491-c88be626b77f/Safari+thumbnail+copy.jpeg Blog archive - The AmaVerde - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/danube-arrival monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3bc78699-0960-4659-8cde-1e3bf3d7bc3d/IMG_0334.jpg Blog archive - The blue brown Danube - Make it stand out She was tied in front of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/19a026ad-ab54-449c-a753-64525857607e/IMG_0312.jpg Blog archive - The blue brown Danube - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2892af53-d6dc-4495-928c-de9df9d2f0bf/IMG_0296.JPG Blog archive - The blue brown Danube - Make it stand out Sunset on the Danube at Vilshofen, Germany. 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He was hanged by the neck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1875340d-802f-4cd2-8d51-dafa233dee37/2022-06-06+12.09.07.jpg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out View to Schloss Neuschwanstein from the tourist strip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/92440e26-709f-4487-9734-a87b0fe5a250/2022-06-06+15.17.26.jpg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out More dog than bun is a good problem to have. Sausage is everywhere around here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2456f57a-56b1-45ac-8e64-b8693bc89ab4/2022-06-06+12.54.16.jpg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out Loaded on the carriage and ready to roll. Our Viennese guide commented on this driver’s dialect: “Now he’s real Bavarian.” I’m not sure it was a compliment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ab0bd4c6-0637-4d8a-a6c3-ad4bce16775a/2022-06-06+13.38.17.jpg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out The cylindrical towers stretched high above our heads. 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You can find the image here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Throne_room%2C_Neuschwanstein_Castle%2C_Upper_Bavaria%2C_Germany-LCCN2002696256.jpg (accessed 6/25/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/890ad0f3-5438-4731-8615-d783fb24cd87/Neuschwanstein-castle-Germany.jpeg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out I found this amazing aerial view to Ludwig’s castle here: https://wantsee.world/neuschwanstein-castle-deu/ (accessed 6/24/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/defef6d3-053a-4b57-97ac-e59343f2b365/2022-06-06+14.38.09.jpg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out The forest below the castle. Ludwig wrote of the site “The location is one of the most beautiful to be found, holy and unapproachable” . . . “I am looking forward very much to living there.”*** Ludwig worked on the castle for 17 years but lived in it for only 172 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/88718ce2-455a-4099-9db5-3da9a23e1557/California-Disneyland-Partners-Statue-Walt-Disney-Mickey-Mouse-1440x954.jpeg Blog archive - Happy endings and not so happy endings - Make it stand out Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, and the Snow White Castle at Disneyland, Anaheim, California. 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Image from https://wepowder.com/en/hornle (accessed 6/19/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d028aba4-fbd7-4dfe-93cf-f3bf74f1764f/vintage+ski.jpg Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out The place catered to skiers, both downhill and cross-country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4de71b29-28b4-4694-b921-0e167673c6bd/IMG_0195.JPG Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Hotel Shillingshof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c2c0eba5-03d5-4035-9028-a7c3d6329733/Wind+blown+grass.JPG Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9fbecb56-2939-4678-bd6b-99b2332f3932/IMG_0214.jpg Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/95e087dd-d6e8-4260-a787-486035902508/IMG_0210.jpg Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/65304be1-0eea-440b-a371-3581f9ce4fa5/IMG_0215.jpg Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/35c111a3-7e90-42d0-924b-ed93febc5350/IMG_0191+copy.JPG Blog archive - A Bad Kohlgrub arrival - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/we-did-but-we-didnt-do-oberammergau monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e56761f8-fdad-49f4-9e1f-5a2c9c5f3201/2022-06-05+12.19.23.jpg Blog archive - We did but we didn't do Oberammergau - Make it stand out Riding the German trains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/be6845c1-c800-43b0-847b-c16e7f566cfe/IMG_0216.JPG Blog archive - We did but we didn't do Oberammergau - Make it stand out The clouds gathered for some extra drama near Oberammergau. 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Image from here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Koeln_Dom_%2B_St._Johann_Evangelist_1824.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2a71b58c-0da7-4f51-95b3-11484a9c0b6b/Aufmacher_RissF.jpeg Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Detail from Riß F. The “sketch” was four meters in length and consisted of 20 parchments pasted together. For the image above and more on the discovery of Riß F, see the site here: https://www.koelner-dom.de/ausstattung/riss-f-ende-des-13-jahrhunderts (accessed 6/1/22). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/be7838e3-661d-414b-a391-a06e8f7a0d15/IMG_6863+copy.JPG Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Niches cut into the towers are occupied by carved angels. The sky is their habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5fd8ff73-2a20-4291-8d3c-d6ad7b15eed8/cologne+cathedral.001.jpeg Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Left: diagram of the Dom façade with some of its components. Right: inside the belfry on the right. Image on left is from https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/488077678360678001/ (accessed 6/1/22). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ed8c2509-8d8b-45cf-93a7-267852013415/Stairs.001.jpg Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out The lower portion of the ascent requires managing a narrow stair through a vertical tube. The final fifty feet or so above the belfry made my knees tremble! It consists of a steel scaffold with open traceries on all sides. If the heart quakes, there’s help for that nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/08a430c9-bf08-4950-af03-3a74b430b4c8/IMG_6846+copy.JPG Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Sightseers on the observation circuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5d20eb20-530a-4bb4-9ff7-972cc683e504/IMG_6852+copy.JPG Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out I was fascinated by the panoramic view, but also by the staggering stone-cut detail of the steeple, the roof, and its supporting towers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d17492fb-ced1-445f-8cfd-ff46506ec17d/Musical+dome+and+tent+camp.JPG Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out A keyhole shot from the steeple stairs to the “Musical Dome” (in blue) and the Ukrainian refugee camp (white tents) now parked in the downtown bus lot. The latter “structures of hope” is where Moriah was working while I was foolin’ around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/278309b5-f920-4d89-9273-45c566a4b69b/Vincenz_Statz%2C_Und_fertig_wird_er_doch%2C_1861.jpeg Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Vincenz Statz, “Und fertig wird er doch!” (1861). Image from here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Vincenz_Statz%2C_Und_fertig_wird_er_doch%2C_1861.jpg (accessed 6/1/22). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/245e5d4e-9a8d-45ee-91c1-a21d8b2a7c98/1023.jpg Blog archive - Steeple climb - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/dom monthly 0.5 2026-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3cbb79b9-55dd-43bc-aae6-c47552d00abb/FR-cvJrXEAAw9C_.jpeg Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out A photo from the twitter site @OpBackPack4Kids. Operation BACKPACK4KIDS is a grassroots effort by pilots from FedEx and UPS dedicated to putting backpacks loaded with useful items in the hands of Ukranian refugees in Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1ca68e01-3a0c-47e1-9120-7f11f8d64c13/View+to+cathedral+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out The twin towers of the Dom rise from the center of Köln (Cologne), Germany. The Rhine River flows in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5a4d1d5e-349a-492a-87ff-c38688e2ba93/Koln+cathedral.jpg Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out The twin-steeple façade of the Dom is astounding. Decoration fills every fold, nook, and edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/03a894fd-aa5a-4d06-8ed0-f7cadb4f56dc/koln+topplan.001.jpg Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out Top plan of the Köln Cathedral. Image on left from https://germanculture.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cologne-cathedral2-918829_960_720.jpg (accessed 5/27/22) and image on right courtesy of Wikipedia, s.v. “Cologne Cathedral” (accessed 5/27/22). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d999d1c3-8544-4303-a720-a98265d24f31/Dom+pastries+copy.JPG Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out Dom shaped pastries. One sports the words, Frieden in Europa or “Peace in Europe,” a obvious reference to the war in Ukraine and another expression of hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3396f861-10ac-4808-b77a-cc21a6ed2139/1-the-acropolis-hill-in-athens_istock_000044148298.jpeg Blog archive - Structures of hope - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-rhine-s72c4-6dje8 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/eebaaf2d-c40b-4178-b2d5-1d03720b2701/Walking+path+along+Rhine+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out A barbarian path along the Rhine. Köln, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6cec2b2c-039f-4ff6-ba24-7fbef7767cef/paul-agrippa-berenice-festus.jpeg Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out The Apostle Paul before King Agrippa II, Proconsul Festus, and Julia Bernike. Painting by Vasily Surikov (1875). Image from https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/paul-agrippa-berenice-festus.jpg (accessed 5/21/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2fcc5c08-5e46-4cea-b043-a2ca800d0672/dzhovanni-lanfranko-rech.jpeg Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out The speech-maker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9ce7b0fd-4865-4a71-a13d-d0b3aa42552a/IMG_5880.jpeg Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out Many people groups have submitted to Rome according to Agrippa. Among them are the “British, Gallic, German” folk. Image from Costumes of All Nations by A. Kretschmer and C. Rohrbach (1882). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/74fd3ac1-1484-4242-a196-104de6433606/New+friends+in+the+visitors+section+3+copy.JPG Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out There is nothing that encourages barbarity like the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4d679216-9104-4e12-bdc0-bd637c6bd589/Delphi-with-ruins-of-the-Temple-in-Greece-min.jpeg Blog archive - Josephus knew about it and them - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/this-is-us-them monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/70af26b8-db48-45e3-9418-5c4f01c96977/Screen+Shot+2022-05-14+at+6.38.53+AM.png Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0d775ac7-4233-4a1d-b379-18327597d745/brauerei.001.jpg Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out The entrance to the Brauerei zur Malzmühle (left) and Peter’s crispy pork knuckle settled into a bed of mashed potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8ccb932d-9b83-403c-b5e4-1f8ba4065bb5/Street+scene+4+copy.JPG Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out A “Turkish Street” in downtown Köln, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/32573020-3196-44c2-a7dd-14b9871923c1/1280px-Siege-alesia-vercingetorix-jules-cesar.jpeg Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out Lionel Noel Royer, Vercingetorix Throws Down His Arms at the Feet of Julius Caesar (1899). Image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallic_Wars#/media/File:Siege-alesia-vercingetorix-jules-cesar.jpg (accessed 5/17/22). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/112f407b-11b5-40cc-8ab8-f410490406ed/Metthappen+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out Barbarian food. German Methappen or simply “mett” is a delicacy of finely minced raw pork seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic, and a heavy dose of onion. When is served on a rye roll, it is Mettbrötchen or “mett bread.” I must confess that I was a little hesitant to do raw pork, but it was actually quite tasty, and to date, I remain parasite free (I think). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e7609e86-43e2-465b-ab6c-154696a05771/2020_11_16_107390_1605511788._large.jpeg Blog archive - This is us/them - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-rhine monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6642d69c-4ce2-4a56-ba6a-450d2298e21c/View+down+Rhine+to+Koln+2+copy+2.JPG Blog archive - Go with the Flow - Make it stand out The Rhine River flows through Köln, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5ba82f4a-66d7-4d26-9a8c-71f7ded61607/rhine+maps.jpeg Blog archive - Go with the Flow - Make it stand out The Rhine originates in Switzerland and runs through Germany and France, the Netherlands, and into to the North Sea. 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Photograph by Peter Dohrn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d4b896b8-0753-46b1-ad7c-fbacdd0529cf/City+copy.JPG Blog archive - Go with the Flow - Make it stand out View to the Rhine from the observation deck of the KölnTriangle building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5abca1ae-8d00-45ae-89e1-bca699a4ee86/Parthenon+facade+3.jpg Blog archive - Go with the Flow - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/koln-briefly monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/719fa6fd-7457-409a-a026-4b78feb441b8/Frankfort+station+1+copy.JPG Blog archive - Köln, briefly - Make it stand out The air/rail transfer labyrinth in Frankfurt, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6d560cc7-b0c9-4a24-99ac-181e7b481ad0/Frankfort+station+3+copy.jpg Blog archive - Köln, briefly - Make it stand out One railway platform in FRA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7018a87d-1e02-4a3f-acae-51f306267b47/ICE+train+1.JPG Blog archive - Köln, briefly - Make it stand out The ICE, the German high-speed rail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d70d4760-7640-4564-8bcf-ba3419aecb71/View+to+downtown+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - Köln, briefly - Make it stand out She comes by her crazy naturally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7d3d9fa0-ef5a-44bd-9693-9040b36120a4/Acropolis-sunset.jpeg Blog archive - Köln, briefly - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/cologne monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/70eadd32-16c3-473c-a3dd-3189ab4dae68/IMG_5039+copy.jpg Blog archive - Zartbitterschokolade - Make it stand out Peter, Moriah, and Cat Stevens, ready to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/acefc5c2-72e5-41b7-8884-a4a1d7da5306/koln+map.jpeg Blog archive - Zartbitterschokolade - Make it stand out The red marker indicates the location of Köln (or Cologne), Germany. Image courtesy of Google Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cc96a82d-3b28-47c9-93fd-e7c13215a125/IMG_6391+copy.JPG Blog archive - Zartbitterschokolade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/first-return monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5cadd841-c9bb-48e0-b264-b27f814c0391/Hez+Tunnel+1+copy.JPG Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Bold spelunkers: The waders of Hezekiah’s Tunnel, an adventure in water system of ancient Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5c1da42f-b169-45b1-ac8c-2e80dab9baa4/2022-04-01+10.30.06+copy.jpg Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Group shot at the “Sacred Area” at Caesarea Philippi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9d41bf64-ceee-4d2d-8fde-f55f34c868d8/baptism+2.001.jpg Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Baptizing in the Jordan River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/89fc46a4-f18d-4ae8-80b3-b02206304f8d/Banias+Picnic+4+copy.JPG Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Picnic beside the spring at Banias. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/678cd325-1efa-4235-860e-4861495ed10e/Jericho+excavations.jpg Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Some sites have experienced changes. The excavations at the site of Jericho have been expanded in at least two areas. New and improved signage helps visitors appreciate the significance of the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/927c13a9-6270-40b5-b1b8-a1b943c1d426/Shepherds+Field.jpg Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Friends from the al-Atrash family in Beit Sahour, Palestine. Shopkeepers, restaurant- and hotel-workers, and other members of service industry are eagerly awaiting the return of tourists and students to the biblical heartland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cb1146d0-d9ae-4a25-8b51-7e45ac3ddea7/2022-04-04+07.15.48.jpg Blog archive - Return from exile - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/meseta monthly 0.5 2022-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/41a5ed03-462c-4477-80ce-ebc6036a6c5d/MESETA+MAP.002.jpg Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f51cb535-ffa2-44c7-9c8c-56626aaa84f9/20180711_105157+copy.jpg Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out Bob is equipped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3ce3df95-72ee-41bf-acae-ca76c191c56a/meseta+begins+map.011.jpg Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7bade32c-06ce-43c1-ab2a-990a4ead20a4/The+Meseta+begins+copy.jpg Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out We were released into a world of soft earth and brittle grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f34a536a-64da-440d-8f9b-8badd86de0f5/P1180096+copy.JPG Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out The village of Honotos, Spain (on the morning after the storm). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/550ccb29-8848-4414-949d-e663a354a466/IMG_1085+copy.JPG Blog archive - The Meseta - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/gothic-styles-burgos-cathedral monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f0c65c3e-9d1a-4317-a763-1330af38d08f/CROSS+SECTION.001.jpg Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out A comparison (sorta-kinda to scale) between two grand examples. The first (left) section is a Romanesque-style structure, the Abbey of Saint-Étienne in Caen, France. Construction here was initiated in the 11th century. The second (right) section is a Gothic-style structure, the Reims Cathedral in Reims, France. Construction here was initiated in the 13th century. Notice how “flying buttresses,” like flanking bridges above the roofline, help transfer the weight of the taller building on the right from its midpoint to its edges. While ideas of weight and balance were not new, they were expanded and developed in fresh ways within the Gothic movement. Find the first image here, the second image here (both accessed 1/26/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1df208f3-9539-46c6-a634-4c460a974188/P1180092+copy.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out I shot this image of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of Burgos at first light. Remove the spires in your imagination (they were a late addition after all!) and note how similar this façade is to that of its celebrated cousin, the cathedral church of Notre-Dame.*** The hammers in Burgos would have been heard at the same time as the hammers in Paris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/85bd5074-278b-49fb-852e-48798976827c/IMG_4721+copy.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out Listening to the audioguide. And yes, those are giraffe gaiters. We remain fashionable, even on the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b795a8bc-d77a-4505-971c-52b086833120/cathedral+plan.011.jpg Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out On left, stairs lead up to the Puerta del Sarmental on the south end of the transept. Note the circular rose window high above the doors. On right, the footprint of the cathedral resembles a Latin cross surrounded by smallish chapels. I colored the nave purple and the intercepting transept blue. The choir is in brown. The image of the ground plan was taken from here (and accessed 1/24/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/617e2177-76bd-4966-86bf-42faf8975c63/IMG_4713+copy.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out Detail of the tympanum above the south portal. It features a “majestic Christ” or Pantocrator holding an open book. He is surrounded by symbols of the four evangelists. Angels and archangels and apostles telescope out from there. Note the figure of the bishop standing between the doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/852b3edd-4350-4835-89ee-4ad92e405bfe/rose+window.012.jpg Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out The lone survivor of the blast of 1813: the Rose Window of the Puerta del Sarmental. Image from here (accessed 1/27/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d9c55a72-8db6-433c-94bc-d7605ee2880f/cloister.jpeg Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out This image, captured by Gerhard Huber, offers a view to one cloister hall. Note the rows of vegetal ornaments decorating the arches on the left. Image from here (accessed 1/28/2022). This realistic (and exuberant) decor has been linked to the style rayonnant in Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bf3d9d26-7037-4a82-b01b-092b31d5c067/P1170996+copy.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out Flamboyant rib vaulting supports the roof around the lantern tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/736d16ea-f59e-4d47-80b4-ffc5e1d41a88/P1180016.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out The Cathedral of Saint Mary of Burgos exceeded our energy. Bob took a rest with a tired pilgrim at the Plaza Rey San Fernando. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/737a1b3e-006e-4d93-938b-99e4a62c9b6b/P1180010+copy.JPG Blog archive - French work - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/burgos-visit monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0fdb1ab4-94e5-4ecc-8f01-a726384d634d/Queen+Anne%27s+lace+1.JPG Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out This “Wild Carrot” or “Queen Anne’s Lace” (Daucus carota) offered us a morning welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c430c70f-4a1e-45f8-9848-ac4d9c6146bc/burgos.009.jpg Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out Sites along the way. Image courtesy of Google Maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/190d8626-e601-481e-b7d9-f5536bebd4bf/Burgos+cathedral.JPG Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out The Burgos cathedral was hard to miss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/43707ae2-f9a4-4cbd-bdfc-d90c24ec486e/P1180002+copy.JPG Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out A preview of things to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bd692efe-6484-4196-8f4a-5b2f8a060cdc/P1180075+copy.JPG Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d94775ca-b041-4568-8613-7f80a34ae3c3/P1180070+copy.JPG Blog archive - Ah, Burgos! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/atapuerca-deer monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7db67c1a-1beb-44e0-983e-c3fb89020b7f/sierra+de+atapuerca.010.jpg Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out Sites along the way. Image adapted from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/79e34864-2a0f-45d6-945f-4d38161ca276/Oak+leaves+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out Small oaks pushed upward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6e8c56ed-2ffd-4577-a52d-b626b732d9ca/Capreolus_capreolus_2_Jojo.jpg Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out Capreolus capreolus, male and female. Image from here (accessed 1/22/2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/14bc973b-7b17-4a49-9042-270eca670f07/P1170910+copy.JPG Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out The less speedy hunters of Atapuerca. Somebody had to stay home and protect the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/85bd9ec0-937d-46ba-a804-efc072ca2884/Cross+near+the+top+of+sierra+Atapuerca+1+copy.jpg Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out The cross at the trail summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e3a97bde-ce51-469c-9474-c6dc52f73c47/IMG_4700+copy.JPG Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out How could we not stop at an albergue with a double decker bus as a billboard? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/33490ab2-744e-45b8-9a4f-c4df9b91b204/P1170927+copy.JPG Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out We shared a pilgrim meal that evening with our new European friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/338a5165-481d-43fe-b63a-5cc162341e3f/20180710_064514+copy.jpg Blog archive - On dappled deer - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/packing-checklist-israel monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ff93d7b5-1ac3-4243-83c8-4dab425edf54/20190625_184506.jpg Blog archive - Packing Checklist, Israel-January 2022 - Make it stand out Everybody gets one checked bag. Be sure you are able to move it a short distance yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e3a111e0-7289-490e-9821-68342bff5a56/IMG_7499.JPG Blog archive - Packing Checklist, Israel-January 2022 - Make it stand out Very nice, but a bit over the top for our style of travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8654e0b3-aee7-4db3-ae51-789a843115a1/IMG_7558+%282%29.JPG Blog archive - Packing Checklist, Israel-January 2022 - Make it stand out The back of the bus is where the troublemakers hangout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ed36fc6a-adb9-4a1a-8b12-bae7951ea2f3/IMG_7704.JPG Blog archive - Packing Checklist, Israel-January 2022 - Make it stand out Expect the unexpected. http://www.markziese.com/stories/atapuerca-man monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/38fd16c3-c783-4eb4-bff5-3d999a4c330e/atapuerca+map.008.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out Sites and features in Spain mentioned here. Map courtesy of Google Earth (accessed 1/14/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b0a6c125-7e2d-4456-9291-ae0c26647708/Atapuerca+puppy+copy.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out We met a new friend in Atapuerca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/399e8f55-208b-4260-9d30-81752ccc8600/Atapuerca+excavations.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out Images of Atapuerca from Wikipedia. The image on the left shows the arcing railway cut and some of the features of the site. The image on the right shows the 2008 excavations in the Gran Dolina. Both of these images and fuller explanations may be found here (accessed 1/16/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cec5349b-bcd9-4f15-9e99-e744cef2d74b/rock+art.jpeg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out Graffiti found underground at Atapuerca suggests the presence of imaginative minds. One day I would like to see this paleoart with my own eyes. In the meantime, I appreciate photographs like this one posted by xiquinhosilva here (accessed 1/17/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3aacae17-9743-4acd-8a7b-c01acc68a310/Sima.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out An artistic representation of the ancient folk of Atapuerca. Image from here (accessed 1/14/2022). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/59f9b161-a7b6-43b0-9f14-0456021f08fd/portrait.001.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out Artistic reconstruction of H. antecessor, ca. 1 million years B.P. (left); Photograph of a Polynesian girl, ca. 1910 (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/ce411d23-6dfc-403b-956b-8c5afe0c7f91/P1170881+copy.JPG Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out The blacktop took us across a plain. The Sierra de Atapuerca rises in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b66d88ca-0a1c-46a1-b663-c4cc063e6291/Parthenon+facade+3.jpg Blog archive - Atapuerca, Man - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/montes-de-oca monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/476c6a21-2d3c-41e4-8f0d-f769a5cafb5c/7.007.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out The Ebro Basin is Spain’s largest and longest river valley, measuring nearly 33,030 square miles in size. Geologists tell us that this valley was once submerged and that seawater flowed between the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) and the Mediterranean Sea. Original image from here (accessed 12/28/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e6eeaf92-eb89-4d4a-846b-42747ac2cece/Montes+de+Oca.006.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/338272aa-d80f-4aec-8994-bc0e30ad377d/Bob+on+trail+through+forest+copy.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out Bob on the trail through the Montes de Oca, a finger of the Sistema Ibérico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f03f3706-f3b5-4772-9a77-b05da4ab1ce3/Base+of+tree+in+forest+copy.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out Small flowers at the base of a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4813ef3c-2f77-46cd-a80c-75537793b11c/Mojapan+Fuente.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out The fountain called Mojapán was marked “no good for drinking.” Apparently, it’s been a site of choking for a long time. Image from here (accessed 12/29/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9ce78e71-e041-4e05-b287-0d508c543b34/Trail+through+forest+1+copy.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out The forest was thick and unrelenting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6d0286ed-a9b4-4194-a572-e748ff0e7147/Oak+leaves+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - Over the montañas and thru the wood - Make it stand out A small oak rises rises in the Montes de Oca. http://www.markziese.com/stories/between-storms monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/df31b6f9-72e4-4a64-a3c6-f95e2f37dc55/20180708_064254+copy.jpg Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out Grañón at dawn (in the rear view mirror). Swaths of standing grain were flattened overnight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d0392ec3-f68c-454b-b1b1-96a6564ed177/20180708_070542+copy.jpg Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out The trail consisted of mud and water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c642c3e6-62cb-4295-b1f9-d4037d96f6d9/granon.005.jpg Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out We approached the northwestern corner of the Ebro River basin. The open landscape is backed by the central Iberian mountain chain (Sistema Ibérico). 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This image is from here (accessed 12/26/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d53d5e63-0494-47e3-bef5-523ea80930ab/Interesting+house+1+copy.jpg Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out Rural Spanish architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8b12494e-8d8b-45e8-bbd8-8cc5d99244c9/P1170871+copy.JPG Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out A dramatic sky hung over Villafranca de Montes de Oca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/103d2894-34fb-4b14-934b-2b6ffaa57f74/hotel+picture+1.jpg Blog archive - Between storms - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/granon-crazy monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8fd6cb11-3c51-4f39-b5ad-c989e5d6793f/-methode-sundaytimes-prod-web-bin-5c72fc62-6970-11e7-8ef4-9d945f972597.jpg Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood at the Sad Hill cemetery in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. In this scene Spain played the role of New Mexico. Image from here (accessed 12/17/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6084ea3d-6e97-4544-806f-08f4caa40620/columna+Justicia%2C+Azofra+3+copy+2.JPG Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out An important civic monument marks the exit of the town of Azofra. It appears as a scroll rising from the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/412f48f4-4f58-4806-92d4-c3c4d72cb22a/The+talking+woman+and+MZ+copy.JPG Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out Talking Woman fell into the quiet company of Bob and Mark on a road without end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6854e8e2-3860-4bb4-a628-f256c02bc982/IMG_4630+copy.JPG Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out Encouragement may be found in odd places: “Don’t stop walking.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3fe9b153-9cb0-4fdd-a900-979cc08da820/granon.001.jpg Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out Scenes from Grañón. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1d7f6212-e644-4de0-979a-475e1c7fbb4f/Shoes+go+in+nook+on+stairs.jpg Blog archive - The good, the bad, and the ugly - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/miasma-najera-stuffy-roman-coin monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8ba796d1-c68b-4a28-ad59-ff5b9c3899a0/4.004.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e3c9d992-f339-424a-9efd-5c44e5fcc666/tri.001.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out A Roman-era coin minted in Tritium Metallum. Image from here (accessed 12/10/2021). The spearman on horse offers a nice touch, don’t you think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7732c3e1-27cb-476a-90dc-67e21e369b1e/P1170860+copy.JPG Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c4040208-0a50-402f-9d79-a68c63e505fd/Ciudad_de_N%C3%A1jera%2C_en_La_Rioja%2C_Espa%C3%B1a+copy.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Nájera is compacted by sky, river, and cliffs. Image from here (accessed 12/10/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/903d79c5-3d29-4cb2-bc45-d788aba81d4b/Fly+killer+copy.JPG Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Hydrating, writing, and killing flies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/336f2772-dd63-4f06-8cd7-b8f3c16be15f/Hottest+hostel+ever+copy.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out The front door of the stuffiest hostel ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/95fc719d-db52-4e30-9edf-c4f0aedfc36d/najera+stamp.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3407a6df-7ac0-4af9-8851-9e19803df139/hammer+and+coin.jpg Blog archive - Miasma - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/james-golden-legend monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532147111674-O2OFS1SLD4KHTHS57AU4/head+of+james.jpeg Blog archive - James goes West James the Great was beheaded in Jerusalem. Image from here. Accessed 7/21/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1533049158755-I0Z0W1LNSQ5B0N03IPJR/P1180976+copy.JPG Blog archive - James goes West A facsimile of the Codex Calixtinus on display at Santiago's Museum of Pilgrimage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532095696957-DBG2VH43C4XHYCRHF3H7/AKG992014.jpg Blog archive - James goes West This image shows the body of James (complete with head) being transported on a boat (also complete with sail and rudder). His disciples gather around. This scene is a part of a presentation found on the Altar of St James (silver, 1287–1456), Pistoia Cathedral (Cattedrale di San Zeno). Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532187043515-4I3A0QFEG279UDR7Y0HT/traslatiojacobea.jpg Blog archive - James goes West This multiple-scened depiction shows the body of James being moved from Palestine (far left) to the Iberian Peninsula (far right). Note that James's head is still attached. Pooh on the Armenian claim! Image from here (accessed 7/21/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532609770143-6LT1FAQEDRRLA7C5LACG/a7e0a804be479a735d9786a4b627518b.jpg Blog archive - James goes West "Hove a dusky barge dark as a funeral scarf from stem to stern."** The death-journey of James the Great has the feel of a knightly romance. Once cannot read the story of his boat gliding pilotlessly across the sea without recalling scenes from Arthurian legends, the account of Elaine of Astolat, or even Tolkien's funeral scene of Boromir. This image was found here and accessed 7/26/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b0cadd17-4f58-4867-819a-1e9ca3f6bd8f/Celebrity%2Binfinity%2B2.jpg Blog archive - James goes West - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/grape-farmer monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d40cab3b-7006-41a5-b3c1-e3e219410707/outside+Longrono.jpeg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story Along our track were rows and rows of grapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1535450115524-CP37K7ETZQ7W99TAQI65/20180706_115351.jpg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story The grapevines are disciplined to defy their own nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1535530245556-TPQAQJBW0FTZWCRFU00R/Rioja-Spain-travel-%C2%A9Thabuca-Wine-Tours-Rioja-grapes.jpg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story The La Rioja region of Spain is famous for its wines. The secret, in part, is in the climate. The region is protected by the nearby Cantabrian Mountains. Image from here (accessed 8/29/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1c88985c-7c8e-4d28-a024-80b0b29ad511/mark%2Band%2Balex.jpg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story We genuinely enjoyed the company of Alex. He was knowledgeable and engaging, a historian as well as a farmer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1535589778001-FNVVX796MJL0ED3VEHFW/treading+grapes.jpeg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story Three men tread grapes. This 2nd century AD mosaic is from the Amphitheatre House, Merida, Spain. It illustrates a part of the job of wine-making. Image from here (accessed 8/29/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1535590100367-KH85946CLTQSDIB0XH8E/1024px-Celebrity_Reflection_cruise_ship_in_Santorini%2C_Greece_001.jpg Blog archive - The grape farmer's story http://www.markziese.com/stories/tortilla-patatas monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/29635431-8c8c-47e1-99f5-701144db486c/statues.001.jpg Blog archive - Old world tortillas - Make it stand out Life-sized bronzes decorate the Navarrete square (Plaza Mayor). “Monument to the potter” (left) and “Fountain with Water Woman” (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7d70dd1a-83bb-45e7-994b-1d0fc5304728/Breakfast+Bob+copy.JPG Blog archive - Old world tortillas - Make it stand out Bob and his discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/46f1f39f-1cf5-4050-a0a9-a151ef4cacd8/Breakfast+copy.JPG Blog archive - Old world tortillas - Make it stand out We unwrapped our breakfast: tortilla de patatas! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8e1b41bf-6446-4b64-b4da-6322b7babc4b/P1170856+copy.JPG Blog archive - Old world tortillas - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/knights-hospitallers-chapel monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/703e12b7-848f-4fda-8231-d484bdf77fc6/muristan.002.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out The entrance to the Muristan, a neighborhood inside the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem. The term muristan is based on the Persian word for “hospital.” The remains of the Crusader complex were found here. Note the silver dome of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint John the Baptist up the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5df6be29-b3b5-4837-8253-9a468a5a0142/14695922404_e570c8e307_b.jpeg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out The east window at St Andrew's at Temple Grafton, England, depicts the medieval orders of the Knights Templars (center left) and Hospitallers (center right). On the far left, a knight hosts a pilgrim with Jacobian hat, staff and gourd. On the far right, knights tend to the sick. This stained glass art is the work of Frederick Preedy and dates to 1875. This is a detail of an image posted here (accessed 11/26/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9d055fee-ba2b-4cba-b155-e218b82d1377/knights+map.001.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out Hospitaller commanderies in Europe, ca. 1300. A commanderie is the basic unit of the order. Note the concentration of sites in NE Spain circled in green. Detail of image from here (accessed 11/27/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/735472da-824b-47e9-9ba4-28939839d4cf/Navarette.001.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out Approaching the knob of Navarrete. The province of La Rioja is famous for its wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bf570a4b-58a0-47e6-97ca-9eba288e7433/P1170830+copy.JPG Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out The remains of the church as it appears today. The winery stands behind. That’s the front door (opening) on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0168205d-0f7a-494f-981b-f4404ab373a7/reconstructions.003.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out Left: Plan made at the end of the first season of digging in 1990. Image from “La Iglesia del Hospital de San Juan Acre (Navarette) by M.P.P. Mayoral (see below). Right: painting of the structure by Valentín Carderera as it appeared in 1865. The image on the right is from here (accessed 11/29/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b64ce358-fdc3-463e-be47-23b6acb912ae/san-juan-acre-navarrete-carmelo-peci%C3%B1a.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out The rebuilt chapel façade is used today as a cemetery portal. Note the repeating ornamental arch-bands or archivolts. Image by Carmelo Peciña as posted here (accessed 11/29/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/4f82840a-90e1-47ff-a64b-0de64a17ab9f/Climbing%2BJericho.jpg Blog archive - A visit to the hospital - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/gandalf-walking-stick monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/8eaa708a-735c-410e-b04c-a3ae4cae0dd3/park+Longrono.001.jpg Blog archive - A sturdy walking stick - Make it stand out We skirted this reservoir in the Parque de la Grajera y la Barranca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cd56a016-df87-4484-8cbb-d1f7d774d135/thehobbitanunexpectedjourney_warnerbros_photo18.11.jpg Blog archive - A sturdy walking stick - Make it stand out That’s him. Sort of. Image from Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (New Line Cinema: 2001). I found the image here (accessed 11/17/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0ae7b22c-32dd-44fc-86a5-2dd53ce297a5/Ziese+on+Camino+2.jpg Blog archive - A sturdy walking stick - Make it stand out Ready for the trail with my new walking stick (and my old giraffe gaiters). Me sentí como un peregrino! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9056e681-0b76-4aa9-accb-4d9dad540fa4/DSC_2925.jpeg Blog archive - A sturdy walking stick - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/longrono-michaelangelo monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6eafc37a-b458-48ad-8437-43ece1268196/Longrono+map.003.jpg Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out Modified image courtesy of Good Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/407c8557-73c7-4387-bbe4-4add2d1f535a/Downtown+3+copy.JPG Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out Downtown Logroño. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/50041038-d83e-4bb4-8647-ac9e378d6111/IMG_4582.JPG Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out Martin, Daniel, and Kay. And Bob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1e6442cf-57eb-42d8-9419-c97029de15f0/P1170784+copy.JPG Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out The plaza and the Santa María de la Redonda Cathedral, Logroño. Sidewalk cafés lined the shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c95cc747-fe24-4417-bcb4-9d67aa173b92/girls+at+gate.002.jpg Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out Schoolgirls beneath the cathedral façade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5c2af76e-f0bd-4e50-b2c2-0d408bf8d754/IMG_4592+copy.JPG Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out The retablo in Logroño was amazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b0dacfa5-de48-460a-b873-e080f7ffae41/P1170814+copy.JPG Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out Cuadro del Calvario by Miguel Ángel Buronorotti (mid 16th c). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1f6c290a-1cc9-4970-a454-4e16dfd7c44d/M.001.jpg Blog archive - There's a Mike in Logroño - Make it stand out The image on the right is a study done by Michangelo in 1541. It is in the possession of the British Museum. Image from here. The image on the left is a detail from the Cuadro del Calvario on display in the Logroño Cathedral. I assume this is Vittoria’s face. 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Image courtesy of the site here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/da02fbd4-c848-42eb-8ef1-61e46f8cdc33/Camino+maps.002.jpg Blog archive - A significant mark - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/69726350-583c-42df-ab12-633f181e2909/Sansol+1+copy.JPG Blog archive - A significant mark - Make it stand out Cereal fields surrounded the village of Sansol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/bba6d123-14e9-40d2-8a79-117a15629534/Greg+on+the+path+copy+2.JPG Blog archive - A significant mark - Make it stand out Greg was long and skinny and on the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f97f71d1-4f91-40ed-8bc4-28f4ad927aeb/Franz_Ludwig_Catel_-_Das_Theater_von_Taormina_-_11466_-_Bavarian_State_Painting_Collections.jpg Blog archive - A significant mark - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/james-martyrdom monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1531744248763-XR5CCTN80D8JY4WQ4Y2T/beheading-of-st-james-the-great-painting4.jpg Blog archive - What happened to James the Great The beheading of James the Great. Notice below his hands is the floppy hat of the pilgrim. Jame is Santiago! Image from here. Accessed 7/16/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532058846067-AUWOFWB1SQ9JM5WH3HL3/P1180417+copy.JPG Blog archive - What happened to James the Great James the Great is the patron saint of Spain. How is this connection made, you ask? Good question! I captured this image of James in the Astorga cathedral. He is cast as a pilgrim with a staff and drinking gourd, book, and shells on his shoulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1531930041166-04MVPBS1YAIBIX0G990M/William_Faden._Composite_Mediterranean._1785.jpg Blog archive - What happened to James the Great That's Spain and Portugal over there on the far left (west). These two countries together form the region called Hiberia (Ibēría) by the Greeks and Romans. Today we call it the Iberian Peninsula. Image from here (accessed 7/18/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532093625714-TT9HSID9KSY2PUD45YW0/P1180531.JPG Blog archive - What happened to James the Great My view from the terrace. Monte Irago is in the clouds. Now you know why my knees are weary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1532029350240-5RLKLE77YVOKCOJ8S72K/Roman_Trade_Ship_Diagram.jpg Blog archive - What happened to James the Great Roman trade ship. Image from here (accessed 7/19/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1536230924239-SWI9NT9T7KUSOICNZLEW/Jason+and+Kim+2.jpg Blog archive - What happened to James the Great http://www.markziese.com/stories/rain-spain-los-arcos monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/daa56fc0-7f42-4652-98d0-a8af9ba55004/approaching+Los+Arcos+2.JPG Blog archive - The rain in Spain - Make it stand out It is big barley country between Estella and Los Arcos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1635805405771-GG6RXDV4WW6KVF72O5L6/los+arcos+google.004.jpg Blog archive - The rain in Spain - Make it stand out Hills and valleys rolled like swells as we approached Los Arcos. Image courtesy of Google maps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/650a9d26-6426-4722-9dc0-e9a54c4bbcb2/Los+Arcos+Casa+de+la+Abuela.jpg Blog archive - The rain in Spain - Make it stand out The Casa de la Abuela was a lovely place, clean and welcoming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/15404575-61b4-49fc-85a7-5d807cd586c0/P1170739+copy.jpg Blog archive - The rain in Spain - Make it stand out The church of Santa María de los Arcos is the focal point of the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/df0c0d96-0ccf-4778-9041-8ce63a158098/20180704_180718+copy.jpg Blog archive - The rain in Spain - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/water-fountains monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/7e86974f-690d-4905-92ea-f0f0457fb7cd/Fountain+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out Studying the signage at a fountain near Pamplona, Spain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/662e00c4-ea8b-4c57-9c05-e552b3d2171b/Fountain+art+4+copy.JPG Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out This fountain in Navarrete was particularly lovely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/c8f0e50f-0a09-4681-aef5-5f3e186997da/Bad+water+Bob+1.jpg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out No, Bob! No! Agua no potable does not mean “really tasty water.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/649ab176-2612-4044-87ba-752d06792cff/P1180610.JPG Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out Note the system. Other than a few long days crossing Spain’s central plateau, two smaller bottles proved sufficient to get me from fountain to fountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/faa00d99-1bde-44e0-be53-502235bd0a72/FJANHN3FJ6RWJQY.jpeg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out This system might work too. But not well. Image from here (accessed 10/26/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/84116da9-d062-4c07-bd2a-11f2b82e8d4c/Irache+Monastery+copy.jpg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out The Irache Monastery sits at the base of a mountain. Vineyards line the valley floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/6c44b0c3-f6bb-4791-9fed-5edfeebf24e2/wine+from+wall.001.jpg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out You don’t come across a free wine fountain very often. Maybe not ever, unless you stop by the Monastery of Irache. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1635693545829-HOOXEFKJV9JMO09ERUJF/matts+photos+3+020+copy.jpg Blog archive - Sipping from fountains - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/arga-bridge-roman monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634578657179-6415G3MJRF35NN4BTM2T/P1170677+copy.JPG Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out The bridge in Puenta la Reina has elegant lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634753962682-BDP57V8ETK7UMWAA9A4Q/camino.002.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out The view across the bridge from the gatehouse (left) and a view to one of the footings (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634753165692-H28X30SN51LTTJ0ZMZD4/camino.001.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out There are four major routes or "streams" across France that feed the Camino de Santiago. Recognize that the site labeled here as Compostela is the same as Santiago de Compostela or simply Santiago. Image from here, accessed 6/27/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634767510272-3GH1Z60R5AGSA0FLTW2X/Approaching+Maneru+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out The village of Cirauqui is draped on a knob. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634823454509-SB2O450Z4U3RPY4VIR5U/20180703_092526+copy.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/45d10b59-6b56-475c-87a3-1030997b23c4/Puente_romano_de_Cirauqui%2C_Navarra.jpeg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out This image of the bridge at Cirauqui was taken when the brush was less challenging. Stone colors, textures and lines make it clear that the bridge has seen several phases of repair. This photograph was found here (accessed 10/21/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634826121513-V9KCR9PC1AHRFEPV6Y6L/cirauqui.004.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634752339923-G19T57868YX25715RHYY/20180704_074705+copy.jpg Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out The white cliffs of the Sierra de Lóquiz defined our horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/9bf788b5-35f9-4955-9d7a-9037c5bf4086/collection+box.JPG Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out The donativo is another type of lodging along the Camino. These are typically owned by the local diocese and are funded by gracious travelers. A donation box like this one is a place of payment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/3490f308-651b-49dd-9837-e02613c59564/Entry+1+copy.JPG Blog archive - Ribbons of water and rock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/puenta-la-reina monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634332100409-R14ZNETK5U3EOZ8Y284G/P1170646+copy.JPG Blog archive - Beyond Forgiveness - Make it stand out View on the descent from Alto de Perdón. Central Spain opened up before our eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634329594324-GT1K93JL82DJK5JKPKRG/figs+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - Beyond Forgiveness - Make it stand out Figs trees with fruit appeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634383380671-GL2ZS574CIZIEXR4HGEX/Puente+la+Reina+map.003.jpg Blog archive - Beyond Forgiveness - Make it stand out The lay of the land between Alto del Person and Puente la Reina. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/43c9832b-614d-490f-b244-654ed4290e85/hotelsdotcom-731311328-0c60b83e_w-708962.jpg Blog archive - Beyond Forgiveness - Make it stand out If you see this place, keep walking. 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Modified image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633872631628-3UH73NAF7WFOJ4SW7XPS/20180702_092645+copy.jpg Blog archive - Forgiveness ridge - Make it stand out The view back toward Pamplona and the Arga River Basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1634230855267-S5J91FEWNQIWTFCVX692/ilustracion-del-camino-de-santiago-en-la-edad-media-chema-roman_5643.jpeg Blog archive - Forgiveness ridge - Make it stand out Illustration of the Camino de Santiago in the Middle Ages. Illustration by Chema Roman. 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Image from here (accessed 10/8/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633690274282-GJOSI4J2T7WCH53CO26Y/32410.jpeg Blog archive - Run Bull Run - Make it stand out Young Minoans demonstrate the art of bull leaping. Risk it for the biscuit? Image from here (accessed 10/8/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633620426710-YNWN0HPK0AUT4ZNTT0CN/P1170607+copy.JPG Blog archive - Run Bull Run - Make it stand out The wooden fence leads the runners from the streets to the bullring. Here at a place known as the Callejon the route narrows to only 3.5 meters. Even though the bulls have slowed by this point, it is still quite dangerous because of the compression. Runners and bulls pile up trying to squeeze through the gap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633621087857-E887KAPC981XHD8IG32X/plaza3.jpeg Blog archive - Run Bull Run - Make it stand out The bull ring of Pamplona was inaugurated on 7 July 1922. 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Image from here (accessed 10/4/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633428084969-P1JR1GZRLXFKNRDZ6PGI/P1170592+copy.JPG Blog archive - We found him in the Iruna - Make it stand out The bandstand in the middle of the square was deserted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633428020149-A7F1Q8DSZP3ZRYHDLTAZ/P1170565+copy.JPG Blog archive - We found him in the Iruna - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633528945396-95VTSLOU5E8ECY9ATEUB/par127198-teaser-story-big.jpeg Blog archive - We found him in the Iruna - Make it stand out The festival of San Fermin, 1954. 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Image from here (accessed 9/8/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1632387778281-X40XUKOW557UG8RNRMPJ/07WAY-SUB-jumbo.jpg Blog archive - Dan was on The Way - Make it stand out No, this is not us. It is a still from The Way (2010). Image from here (accessed 12/23/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1633366575539-8L9H3NFY5Q05CETXPA8K/IMG_1453.jpg Blog archive - Dan was on The Way - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/zubiri-bedbugs monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631353229561-PO0CGNRDNGCILMKUR1L1/4517809Master.jpg Blog archive - And don't let the bedbugs bite - Make it stand out The Zubiri Municipal was formerly a schoolhouse. Image from here (accessed 9/11/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631352806792-OG75QLV8GJEUW1FSJX5Z/IMG_4384+copy.JPG Blog archive - And don't let the bedbugs bite - Make it stand out Our sleeping area in Zubiri’s muni. That’s my backpack on the floor. Did I remember my earplugs? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631883584804-G5UV1L4KIG7UCUM2RTO3/Approaching+Maneru+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - And don't let the bedbugs bite - Make it stand out Approaching the village of Maneru, Spain. Teams form on the basis of language, interest, speed of travel, and snoring habits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631354002877-QHEWG64QWQ88UJHYREBY/Trail+friend+copy.JPG Blog archive - And don't let the bedbugs bite - Make it stand out A grizzly trio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631885967378-TJD1M9DWLL911FRRU7ZD/1800x1200_bedbugs_slideshow.jpg Blog archive - And don't let the bedbugs bite - Make it stand out Closeup of a bedbug licking his chops. 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Buildings in Zubiri have steep roofs to handle the winter snows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631043887510-OKR55Z7PU96PRB9HW1OR/Hemingway+passport.jpg Blog archive - He played at the piano to keep warm - Make it stand out A young Ernest Hemingway. He lodged in Burguete in 1923, the same year this passport photo was taken. Image from here (accessed 9/7/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631043569365-R0VFN5Y87ED0I9X3913Q/The_Sun_Also_Rises_%281st_ed._cover%29.jpg Blog archive - He played at the piano to keep warm - Make it stand out This first edition of The Sun Also Rises was published in 1926 by Scribner’s. 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Strong horses and fighting bulls are raised in this region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631028355783-21WEM9YIB9WJJNUA5COX/Celebrity+infinity+2.jpg Blog archive - He played at the piano to keep warm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/song-roland monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630668247432-67TVG2T75SUXVKFZZJEO/Monastere+de+Ronceveau+2.jpg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction - Make it stand out Roncesvalles carries the ambiance that only a gothic chapel in a grim wood can lift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1542247233576-CWCP96VOPKONASSE965I/Statue+of+dying+Gaul.jpg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction A dying Roland and his steed. The scene prompts the exclamation: “How ill-fated thou wert.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630869152598-52FYFXPZF3WUMZPOE5O5/la+chanson.jpeg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction - Make it stand out La Chanson De Roland (a drawing by Mary Evans Picture Library). Source, here (accessed 8/5/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1542245671641-KIXVOHLLPT0UBRHZX6WM/20180629_183204.jpg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction The decorated archivolt above the entry door to the La Real Colegiata de Santa María. The structure was erected at the beginning of the 13th century and is a parade example of local Gothic style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630928269243-78068FPVHD91TRXHASHQ/Capilla+de+Sancti+Spiritus.jpg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction Construction of the Chapel of Santi Spiritus (the square building on the right) dates back to the 12th century. It is believed that this is the oldest building in Roncesvalles. The chapel functions as a funerary temple sitting on a crypt-full of human remains. Tradition suggests that the body of Roland and his associates were first buried here. In the following centuries other dignitaries and pilgrims who didn’t quite make it over the Pyrénées joined them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630664986187-19FOBXKT91QFN80LORLH/Pilgrim+meal+2+copy.JPG Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction - Make it stand out Communal meals are a common experience along the Camino. It is a great time to meet new friends and swap stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630664965521-US7H9LW1HBKI9NXTG5AD/Pilgrim+meal+1+copy.JPG Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction - Make it stand out The “pilgrim meal” is typically the cheapest fuel on the menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630934923261-UJIF5088ZVON1083G519/Celebrity+infinity.jpg Blog archive - An Imperfect Introduction - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/790-kilometers monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1632044203365-EUZXAQR0YWJWRA57HVE9/Departure+at+Sunrise+2+copy.jpg Blog archive - 790 - Make it stand out We left Roncesvalles before the sun arrived. The tough climb over the Pyrenees was now behind us. We didn’t know what was ahead, but we knew there would be a lot of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1632139423792-M92JPYHWTP2P508RJZ40/Untitled+6.001.jpg Blog archive - 790 - Make it stand out “The 790” is a thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1632044040611-MCQ02I3HOYYX9WLCTAPI/Santiago+sign.jpg Blog archive - 790 - Make it stand out Yo’ Bob. Well of course we had to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1632140209197-8J4MBVPDYBIIUJSGHS55/Celebrity%2Binfinity%2B2.jpg Blog archive - 790 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/roland-roncevaux monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1541277159451-9USUMXDHNPJYLYIVOQ7X/P1170501.JPG Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears Legend has it that Roland died somewhere in this landscape. The view demands more lines from Roland: “Over the peak Lord Olivier now hasted him to go. / Out and across the realm of Spain an eager look he threw. / And he beheld the Paynim (Pagan) host that there together drew. / And from their gold-wrought helmets a blazing light did dance / On shield and broidered hauberk, on pennant and on lance” (laisse 82). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631041206488-HMR955CBQ28ES10YAS67/Claverley_All_Saints_medieval_paintings_01.jpg Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears Fresco from above the nave of All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, England. The work is believed to date to the 13th c and may depict a scene from The Song of Roland. Source is here (accessed 9/7/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1541704496625-OBNIXUJ6T5WY7QBZ58DT/roland.jpeg Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears This set of stained glass windows is found in the Real Colegiata de Santa María in Roncesvalles. It depicts Roland and his men in battle. The work was completed in 1909 by Jose Maumejean. See the full display here (accessed 9/7/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1541288348481-IRBALOZ8KJ8TOMOMSKSU/roland.jpeg Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears Detail from Simon Marmion’s 15th century work Grandes Chroniques de France. Roland’s body twists under a tree. Beside him is Durendal and Olifant. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1541285360789-030AB17UN707K8HD4C8Z/20180629_184344.jpg Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears Bob is alive after a hike best described in the words: “Here they will find us stark and dead smitten.” Welcome, Bob, to Roland’s Roncevaux. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630935714475-DTAKA6VBG2KQDFW13HDQ/Celebrity+infinity+2.jpg Blog archive - He blowd his brains out his ears http://www.markziese.com/stories/biblical-james monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1531231882980-QP0XO2NNI9JTWBX8TLY3/western_intl_hs-1.jpg Blog archive - The James Gang Remember the classic heel trip in the hallway? Image from here (accessed 7/10/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631099174983-S6ET0ER44QH9WHP9BELQ/Jan+Toorop+.png Blog archive - The James Gang Detail from Jan Toorop, The miraculous catch of fish (1912). Image from here (accessed 9/8/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1631217378664-VSLT1NVVMY3XTCKM0RW4/James+the+Great.png Blog archive - The James Gang - Make it stand out Image from here (accessed 9/9/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1531583645369-1L7R9EXRARBY5MIEDPKS/james+the+less.jpeg Blog archive - The James Gang James the Less. Image from here. Accessed 7/14/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1531584523295-KPI0JQ46YK1WSN2WDN3J/council-trent-640x360.jpg Blog archive - The James Gang James the brother of Jesus is also remembered as "James the Just." He was a leading member of the Jerusalem Church. Image from here. Accessed 7/14/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630406733399-ECZWMWB6OU5YS9EBAAPZ/1+copy+2.JPG Blog archive - The James Gang - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/pyrenees-pyrene-hercules monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1540734204017-G8GH0B9WZD3IU3PVRPOR/Pyrenees_topographic_map-en.svg.png Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories The Pyrénées form a natural border between France and Spain. Image courtesy of Wikipedia, see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1540806506036-U6KAA09L6YXG108GD7J0/Steep+climb.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories The marked trail followed asphalt and cow path. Fog obscured our vision. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1540830137743-VOU890XM79WXYG27O9AC/Sheep+in+the+clouds+3.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories We crossed the path of many sheep. They provided little surprise or entertainment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630662888842-6X1GT88UOBSRP3AJ0PA3/pyrenees.001.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories - Make it stand out Localized map showing paths between St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Roncesvalles. Note the ridge above (east) of Valcarlos that we are following (Via Traiana) and the gentler pass occupied by Valcarlos. Modified image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1540807041054-Q9AWXZPX8ZKCCXJ2B4LF/20180629_093010.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories The fog began to clear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1540808042325-2VDDZB91WYFXS6BRJ8A5/P1170478.JPG Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories A view into the heart of the Pyrénées! Such splendid country! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1533474311194-UPDORIZ84HMMMG426XLS/tumblr_o366lz0HSp1rxgoj1o1_1280.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre, “Hercules Gathering the Stones of Pyrene’s Tomb amidst the Flames” (1909). Image from here (accessed 8/5/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630935842588-CKM5Y941I2IZAR6W24J4/Celebrity+infinity+2.jpg Blog archive - A chain of whispered stories http://www.markziese.com/stories/st-jean-pied-de-port monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630615621309-I0L51DE7MQPVXMIR45H5/20180628_133513+copy.jpg Blog archive - Mountain portal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630615642830-8MREBO3RG91Q6RTM3W63/IMG_4232+copy.JPG Blog archive - Mountain portal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630615843984-XNPQLPECEOQQX5T930VN/IMG_4238+copy.JPG Blog archive - Mountain portal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1537003873883-QM91LVJFZ9W94046IP6Q/bus+station.001.jpg Blog archive - Mountain portal The bus station at Saint-Jean-Pied-de Port. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1537044764182-SH3ACA34CM9QQD642BCY/20180628_134654.jpg Blog archive - Mountain portal The white stucco buildings of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port crowd the River Nive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1537004468434-4UT6D5VV55KO0Q1Z9OQV/P1170434.JPG Blog archive - Mountain portal The rue d’Espagne is a cobblestone artery that runs through the center of the village. On the north side of the Nive it becomes the rue de la citadelle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1537096091715-9GDRLOGO2SX9TD72X6SC/Camino+info+office+2.JPG Blog archive - Mountain portal The Pilgrims’ Office was abuzz with activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630659193813-2FT9TSK9JC2H1QINT2QA/Museo_Pontevedra%2C_6_Edificio%2C_04-47a_Santiago_Peregrino.jpg Blog archive - Mountain portal - Make it stand out Saint James dressed as a pilgrim. Image from here (accessed 8/3/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630659938442-S8CD7ABCXHCB19TAFHAK/Port+St+Jaques+2.JPG Blog archive - Mountain portal La porte Saint-Jacques is incorporated into the fortification line of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630617955043-VPZVHGGI17IWR28LVN4N/celebrity+infinity.jpeg Blog archive - Mountain portal - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/bayonne monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630335931672-MOGKOU3G2N1P2AY68V5N/Bayonne+train+station+copy.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out The Gare de Bayonne marked the transition between flight and feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630255816864-31AX7JHJZN67D9EPMMHN/Bayonne+sat+oblique.001.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out The city of Bayonne is located at the confluence of the Nive and Adour Rivers. The Pyrénées mountain range, carrying the French-Spanish border, set the backdrop. The Bay of Biscay, a lobe of the Atlantic Ocean, fronts the scene. Our walk began in St-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France. Image modified from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630319227111-NM1ITNHMTAKNIYWC4J3K/Bayonne+on+the+riverbank.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out One is never far from a riverfront in Bayonne. All these waterways meet and flow into the nearby Bay of Biscay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630256301050-8QQ4WMOJDUS09RX677QU/20180628_093235+copy.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out The spires of the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne rise above the river and the surrounding buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630575968633-DO8TE65GRDTXJW1AHHBD/IMG_4215+copy.JPG Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out The cloister (or enclosed church yard) is one of the largest in all of France. Lingering below are the relics of Saint Leo, a 9th century bishop and missionary to the Basque peoples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630257175226-PLRO83T1YCXXB6BSONPV/altar.JPG Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out View to the choir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630586488068-E5NQM5AUFF4GGZIBC3HR/Plan_de_la_cathedrale_Bayonne_1898_.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out Plan of the cathedral. This drawing, dated 1898, may be found in the Archives rationales France. See here (accessed 8/2/2021). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1630617622391-5FANX6RQGJSDN1BDFKCC/Temple+of+Zeus+copy.jpg Blog archive - Transitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/tower-st-james-paris monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530081685623-HO399TZZ8R2QM48YJ3SM/20180627_083409.jpg Blog archive - First touch The patch on my pack looked pretty clean at the start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530030840625-S7STIOQ8FHLOVGMKBWL0/SJ+tower.JPG Blog archive - First touch The tower is impressive. A statue of Blaise Pascal stands at the base. He reminds us that gravity is a splendid thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530082780824-FVTLVFHB6UJR2KD2DWHI/St-jacques-compostelle.jpg Blog archive - First touch There are four major routes or "streams" across France that feed the Camino de Santiago. Recognize that the site labeled here as Compostela is the same as Santiago de Compostela or simply Santiago. 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This image is from the lodge’s website and can be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576663037185-DGQ0ENT9SAPGRK1HHVEL/Farm%2Bof%2BDream%2Bcopy.jpg Blog archive - A Marimba Welcome at Safari Junction: Staying at the Farm of Dream The huts were round and quirky and wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576629135198-SSW72LBVU4OB7IKVK2TH/Farm+of+Dream+room+copy.jpg Blog archive - A Marimba Welcome at Safari Junction: Staying at the Farm of Dream Our room was wonderful and quirky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576662616616-A51ZANKM227UR9MA45AQ/Farm-of-Dream-Lodge-Karatu2.jpg Blog archive - A Marimba Welcome at Safari Junction: Staying at the Farm of Dream The pool at the Farm of Dream. This image, from the lodge’s website, is found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576492635445-BLVFFR4SNI5VBYF7NUQL/Farm+of+dream.jpg Blog archive - A Marimba Welcome at Safari Junction: Staying at the Farm of Dream Thatched cottages were scattered about the compound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576665247405-J8M1GSVUT5COLPD0V0O0/lion.jpg Blog archive - A Marimba Welcome at Safari Junction: Staying at the Farm of Dream http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/12/15/see-you-later-dad monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 http://www.markziese.com/stories/christmas-2019 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1576112470291-55Z5YWZ43C5VIC2LC81U/vz+mz.001+2.jpg Blog archive - A Christmas card http://www.markziese.com/stories/lake-manyara monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563441818581-ZUSFHVJ6Z9X9ZOSZ15KV/DSC_0305.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners An “island” of pink flamingos on the bed of Lake Manyara. The lake is broad and shallow, growing in the rainy season and shrinking in the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563433019376-F8QTTMPY8S2ZGAYQ9UV4/DSC_0237.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners The dirt road into Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara sits in the Great Rift Valley and is one of Africa’s largest lakes. Like Israel’s Dead Sea, it has no outlet. Unlike Israel’s Dead Sea it is shallow and alkaline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563432412502-SMF8LZ7KJ12E5NRRTC2A/DSC_0070.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners Lessons in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563440140973-4KTO67UWD92E2Q61BO4B/DSC_0115.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners TIK had a pop-up lid that allowed us to view the surroundings in the shade. It is a good thing there are no seat-belt laws in Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563440432837-HS3DHQXP2BKW9S5IGM63/DSC_0292.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners A yellow-billed stork comes in for a landing. His gear is slightly askew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563442947516-G9NIBU9KGNZ6TT8ASIZG/IMG_4385.jpg Blog archive - Lake Manyara: A Good Park for Beginners http://www.markziese.com/stories/hemingways/africa monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1572741142377-0ADHID2OY6DNBRFCDGPJ/Arusha%2B2.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild A muddy morning in Arusha. Elevation makes Arusha cooler than other areas of Tanzania. While July and August are generally dry months, it can rain anytime, as we learned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574818568924-ENNTZSI6ITT9XJGB6N20/tanzania.001.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1572741066967-J1DTQGSYCFKKWCCTISCK/arusha+landscape.jpeg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574857163024-16ARXVUZE00D3YNTML9P/2.002.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild On left, Gregory Peck depicts a sick Harry in The Snows of Kilimanjaro (20th Century Fox, 1952) (image from here, accessed 11/27/2019). On right, Hemingway’s death was falsely reported in the Daily Mirror (image from here, accessed 11/27/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574891882094-QYFG9BUW6ZU9UYSW97CF/maasai.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild Zebu cattle accompanied by a stick-wielding herder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574851783690-YKJ7QD0MBP4H5BKXG7RU/acacia.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild The country opened up, broad and mellow with earthen shades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574892196174-TCOKF88XHKIVW0O5Q1C4/IMG_3820.jpg Blog archive - Hemingway’s "Something Wonderful": Leaving Arusha for the Wild http://www.markziese.com/stories/grammer-2019 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574550623103-5KXS97H0TDQ5DJHY3K9D/unnamed+%283%29.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour Stacks of chewy bread-loops, known as ka’ak, are sold on the street. These loops are sold with a twist of za’atar (dried thyme), salt, and sometimes a boiled egg. It is a fast-food breakfast, Jerusalem’s equivalent of an Egg McMuffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574549968672-STTYUP9QMWYID27MOH22/unnamed+%282%29.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574505063663-GDSQ02HFSKCY2XGBORPM/Luckenbach+Khalil+and+me+2.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour Khalil was one of the finest drivers I’ve ever worked with. Good man! Along with Khalil, our group had the unflinching support of the Jerusalem Center (JCBS) and George Garabedian Tourist Transport (GGC). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574578861178-LZUBEE5QEGE1JGAPOQ9U/P1220538+copy.JPG Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour Vicki in the dining room of the Caesar Hotel in Tiberias. There are many challenges when you travel with us, but starving to death is not one of them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574550551418-O1OVFYINAXX7NBRN7ARX/unnamed+%284%29.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour Baptism in the Jordan River (Qasr el-Yahud). Photograph by Pat Blandford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574582563938-HIXLJOQRS1BVISJKCH5O/camel+Luckenbach+copy.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour Camel at the Roman forum of Samaria. Photograph by Steve Luckenbach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574582294653-IZ6U3RBRXE5KLK99VXK4/unnamed+%286%29.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour The view from the summit of Mt Arbel is spectacular. The plain of Ginosar and the Sea of Galilee stretches beneath the feet of our pilgrim. Visible are the sites of Capernaum and Magdala. Photograph by Tom Lush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574581414599-8SKGT9NOSB9IS69CB1SD/unnamed+%285%29.jpg Blog archive - Coordination and Grace: The Logistics of a Large-Scale Holy Land Tour http://www.markziese.com/stories/the-sea-of-galilee-from-the-summit-of-mt-arbel monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/b9eb969e-56d6-4796-81eb-6fb5c2e4c11d/74703552_10221165599953854_6004813808265068544_n.jpg Blog archive - The Sea of Galilee from the summit of Mt Arbel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/arusha-meeting monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571514956672-3APTYZK5I22XN418T540/Ilboru+pool+1.jpg Blog archive - Mud, Miracles, and Mr. Nixon: Our Safari Begins The pool at Ilburu Safari Lodge is a focal point of the courtyard. The contrast between life inside the compound and life outside the compound could not be stronger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571515053006-0FFCMEJ6VV5RUATBWKYL/Mr%252BSaif%252B4.jpg Blog archive - Mud, Miracles, and Mr. Nixon: Our Safari Begins Mr Saif ironed out the wrinkles upon our arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571741241347-C92F0X4S9KY4T878JZCN/DSC_0489.jpg Blog archive - Mud, Miracles, and Mr. Nixon: Our Safari Begins It wasn’t a Land Rover, but this knobby-tyred beast had the look of a rig built for the backcountry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568366451858-PHZ7703423FZ1BC6MI6A/VZ+fresh+1.jpg Blog archive - Mud, Miracles, and Mr. Nixon: Our Safari Begins Safari-ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1572173389069-Y6A4LQBDLNXLO5K9MV9E/DSC_0280.jpg Blog archive - Mud, Miracles, and Mr. Nixon: Our Safari Begins http://www.markziese.com/stories/his-bowels-fell-out monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571910072717-WCP0M383SYBR9DHLIWVJ/sick+king.jpg Blog archive - The Bible Verse You Won’t Find in a Promise Book: The Fate of King Yehoram The king received some unpleasant news. Image from here (accessed 10/24/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571903771966-ZMHWA42QAHHSMGNDBDWQ/zsh8ke8ufjh21.jpg Blog archive - The Bible Verse You Won’t Find in a Promise Book: The Fate of King Yehoram You don’t find a prolapsed elephant slippin’ slide on every playground. I found this image here (accessed 10/24/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571906617636-3A3YJN4U8E31JPAYILCW/1vayfnm3dl0y.jpg Blog archive - The Bible Verse You Won’t Find in a Promise Book: The Fate of King Yehoram Innards should definitely stay on the inside. Image from here (accessed 10/24/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571919846380-3IZ4Z8X8HU2R2OKM0H0T/IMG_1880+%282%29.jpeg Blog archive - The Bible Verse You Won’t Find in a Promise Book: The Fate of King Yehoram That’s my post-op crazed look: all meshed up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571922099921-92Q05NZUCT1MSU5RZ23V/IMG_1393.JPG Blog archive - The Bible Verse You Won’t Find in a Promise Book: The Fate of King Yehoram http://www.markziese.com/stories/safari-morning monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571306351388-XU5WMN23OC3Q5JNCMA9A/22035641174_32e794650b_b.jpg Blog archive - And there I was when I woke up (part 1) This group of huts in Tanzania is typical of a tribal settlement. I found it here (accessed 10/17/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568367730963-5CY9H21757UE56HGR3M2/Ilboru+statues+3.jpg Blog archive - And there I was when I woke up (part 1) The huts in the Ilboru Lodge are immaculate. Warthog art in our kraal added a wild touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571471685528-90Q24V5L3DURDOB0WTVK/Screen+Shot+2019-10-19+at+3.52.53+AM.png Blog archive - And there I was when I woke up (part 1) The main building of the Ilburu Safai Lodge housed the reception area, a small store, offices, and the kitchen and dining room. Image found here (accessed 10/19/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571425109051-8L4OV9QRN1IP5ZAXFCZ8/18.jpg Blog archive - And there I was when I woke up (part 1) A speckled mousebird (Colius striatus) is a resident of urban areas in Tanzania. This was one of a pair that set up shop in the vegetation of the kraal fence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1571481648138-X8T6V80VZW0OURIZ2F0X/11.jpg Blog archive - And there I was when I woke up (part 1) http://www.markziese.com/stories/african-taxi monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569459961404-R9AFHO5G2NOHB5AYETIB/Ngaramtoni+dust.JPG Blog archive - Taken for a Ride: A High-Stakes Arrival at Ilboru Safari Lodge Areas of Arusha are quite poor and undeveloped. This is an market area known as Nagaratoni. It was a short walk from our destination. Image from here (accessed September 25, 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569314814077-7QZOU3FIOM5VE04BVGCX/Lodge+4.jpg Blog archive - Taken for a Ride: A High-Stakes Arrival at Ilboru Safari Lodge The reception area and restaurant at the Ilburu Safari Lodge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569925516389-JCVCL8KCHO4XRZIIHO1J/Arusha+3.jpg Blog archive - Taken for a Ride: A High-Stakes Arrival at Ilboru Safari Lodge http://www.markziese.com/stories/african-arrival monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569238694058-HL0837VXA7QEYW5CUWRK/Untitled%2B18.001.jpg Blog archive - Into the African Night: A Leap of Faith at Kilimanjaro Airport Wayward luggages circle the planet for eternity. They are doomed to fly but never arrive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569182626033-U8OVQYPEK203IVOWPN7Y/IMG_3718.jpg Blog archive - Into the African Night: A Leap of Faith at Kilimanjaro Airport JRO (Kilimanjaro Airport) at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569232834595-TZ0JJ4KKF1I0JSKQXJ9Q/Arrival.jpg Blog archive - Into the African Night: A Leap of Faith at Kilimanjaro Airport After more than 20 hours of travel, Vicki preferred to stand outside in the fresh air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569236581630-5WOZGP3T1LPH8EWSMFTF/IMG_2169.JPG Blog archive - Into the African Night: A Leap of Faith at Kilimanjaro Airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1569235504045-EKIPR102T4K6JCI8K18X/DSC_0261.jpg Blog archive - Into the African Night: A Leap of Faith at Kilimanjaro Airport http://www.markziese.com/stories/zanzibar monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568499838052-0UDVJBOXYK8E9P7OYX0U/earth.001.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar Tanzania and Kenya are part of a constellation of East African countries. Zanzibar is an island off the coast of Tanzania. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568538840896-5T7BCKYY8MFQZBL7MP8F/4.004.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar The Swahili Coast includes the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568553587743-FKZZY86P3CA1N6T7ON73/plate0-med.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar Zanzibar City from the Sea. Illustration from Burton’s The Lake Regions of Central Africa. A Picture of Exploration (1860). You can find the ebook here (accessed 9/15/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568538326521-1EKLPO3K5FIX0WEE06PI/zanzibar.001.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar Zanzibar City is the tip of the spear pointing toward the heart of Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568506858053-90ZCEK9NX1VN7E4RG462/Livingstone+house.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar Livingstone House near the Zanzibar Harbor. Image from here (accessed 9/17/2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568677591268-ZV4RRUHFIWMQ0R7UHMNW/plate3-med.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar Burton on safari? Image from Burton’s The Lake Regions of Central Africa (18xx: 101). Image from here (accessed 9/16/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568663262731-18T1TDHEN8S7VAXXC5L4/best-things-to-do-in-zanzibar-1.jpg Blog archive - Dreams of Cinnabar: A Midnight Arrival in Zanzibar http://www.markziese.com/stories/kilimanjaro-summit monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567158788681-1QJ768BPVU25GEUGIH66/HR_GettyImages-697689066_218825801_327422221-920x651.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera No, I didn’t shoot this image of Kilimanjaro and the giraffes. It is quite lovely. It came from here: https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/life/travel/mount-kilimanjaro-africa-612741 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567157564996-EDN59BC1O21OD4YYNE74/Kibo+caldera+1.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567157590189-58NGQM1OHIESM69OOKAO/Untitled+17.001+3.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567157610256-TL9D57CKD0T1SMMF9UMU/Untitled+17.001.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567157629893-AZPW1JLY3LDBLAHVQ004/2.002.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1567157667299-6FSPUUW0TCZ4MDQD82VM/IMG_4606.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1568363018178-7DAWM57M2EAP6U5YT03L/Bryan+frozen+Nalgene+5.jpg Blog archive - The "Flat-Top" That Isn't: Exploring Kilimanjaro’s Secret Caldera http://www.markziese.com/stories/karanga-camp monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566005727461-1O2C2VLM9TUDS2AA0QCS/Feet+Karanga+Camp+9.jpg Blog archive - The Last Full Night: Resting at 13,000 Feet It’s not the most comfortable napping spot on the mountain, but the view is without rival. Kibo, the central cauldron of Kilimanjaro, rises in all its fuming glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566007147627-FKQRMEMSWH0KWTI2MPS0/Chef+Julius+at+work+2.jpg Blog archive - The Last Full Night: Resting at 13,000 Feet Chef Julius gives me a dinner preview. All meals are prepared on this propane stove. At night, the dirt-floored mess tent converts to sleeping space for Julius and several of the porters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566007458030-RIPW9AQTEAC4YMR0NWKH/IMG_4575.jpg Blog archive - The Last Full Night: Resting at 13,000 Feet A blanket of clouds swaddled the mountain. Meru is visible on the horizon to the right. Photograph by Bryan, a member of our Kandoo Adventures team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566122518017-G8RE1OOIS7OBC9YBZN20/IMG_7785.JPG Blog archive - The Last Full Night: Resting at 13,000 Feet http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/8/10/high-flyers-nsm7c monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565462217677-XFOWNX3WILHVRSNGQDGL/ruppellsvulture11-1030x433.jpg Blog archive - Critically Endangered: The High-Flying Griffon Vultures of the Serengeti Rüppell's griffon vulture. Image from https://kidszoo.org/our-animals/ruppells-griffon-vulture/ (accessed 10 Aug 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565469798833-VRGVH32BL0294F6RXBRO/DSC_0451.jpg Blog archive - Critically Endangered: The High-Flying Griffon Vultures of the Serengeti I captured a shot of this squadron on the ground in the Serengeti (Tanzania). They were just cleaning up after dinner. Coloration patterns—particularly on the feathers of the bird on the far right suggest Rüppell's griffon vulture. I’m guessing that the bird on the left is a juvenile. I welcome feedback from a real ornithologist out there who could confirm/deny our identifications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565435090060-MS7BZ84R5GIP0WNZN40T/Edouard-Rueppell-Vegetation-untern-der-Schneegrenze-am-Selki-in-der-Provinz-Simien.png Blog archive - Critically Endangered: The High-Flying Griffon Vultures of the Serengeti “Vegetation below the snow line at Mt. Selki in the Semien Province.” This drawing was made by F. C. Vogel after a sketch by Rüppell himself. See the work by Ib Friis, “Travelling Among Fellow Christians (1768-1833): James Bruce, Henry Salt and Eduard Rüppell in Abyssinia,” pages 161-194 in Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica (2013).**** https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565522019274-UHJYIUDW46SR3I1VJUQC/DSC_0261.jpg Blog archive - Critically Endangered: The High-Flying Griffon Vultures of the Serengeti http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/7/31/ants-in-your-pants monthly 0.5 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564823355278-7BNNRXGDX4H7Y56K7Y0K/1118full-the-naked-jungle-photo.jpg Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes A dashing Charlton Heston stars as Leiningen in The Naked Jungle (1954). If he doesn’t dash a little faster, he will be eaten! Image found at https://www.listal.com/viewimage/9481997h (accessed 3 Aug 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564859553906-93J8I5G9T2Z3PXXG21T0/maxresdefault.jpg Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes Somehow the crystal skull keeps the killer ants at bay. Image captured from the clip posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u31doByO_lU (accessed 3 Aug 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564872270188-FOSP97XNY9DH7XWNRRKK/download.png Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes Eciton burchellii. Note the large scissor-like mandible. The soldier ant can grow up to 1/2-inch in length. Image from https://wellcomecollection.org/works/z9ujqwum/items?sierraId= (accessed 3 Aug 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564748541409-L4AFDMHKOC0N50SB8A6J/dxigtojxgagros-1548187598ngk48.jpg Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes This mandibles of this safari ant are causing some serious pain here! Image from https://www.wildlifearchives.com/pin/6687/ (accessed 2 Aug 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564600425384-MTYOTKO2E2T63V6DB9TN/Trail+out+of+Machame+Gate+4.jpg Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes Hiking through the mist and mud of Kilimanjaro’s rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564876834062-XZZPSOSDE4JJRLCCLFP5/IMG_7827.JPG Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes Mohammad does a happy dance. No ants in the pants here, he’s just happy to be out of the rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564877196536-CD1IRLFKQOJZZRIJH7FK/Ascending+Barranco+Wall+1.jpeg Blog archive - Ants in Your Pants: From Hollywood’s "Naked Jungle" to Kilimanjaro’s Slopes http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/7/18/rookie-mistakes monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563458447904-XI18N8A8MQ5O9X2B9ZSD/IMG_3423.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes To brush or not to brush? That is the question. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563458650044-KY8NDPHMPW0XTQ86HK3X/IMG_5421.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes Check the sealed cap anytime you purchase a bottled drink. Be sure that the seal is unbroken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1563462606384-BQ8T3I16KQKNGD13EW33/498951.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes A Saturn V roars off the launch pad. The noise of this super-heavy was even greater than that of the Space Shuttle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564355232787-CKVDD5YDW2TJ8DC9AJJM/Ilboru+statues+2.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes No matter how inviting the African lawn may appear, WEAR YOUR SHOES! Pretend it is Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564355989334-MYSMGOUMH4YGC8RB9YOQ/Zoysia-Header.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes What is hiding in the grass? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564356944139-T4V7U2W1NBT5Z7X4OU96/Acetazolamide_1200x630.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes The side effects of this medication are now obvious. Acetazolamide, or Diamox, prevents or reduces the effects of altitude sickness. It is routinely used by mountaineers. It also makes your skin crawl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564360119375-MUVMLSFY3QXH1SST9C0L/IMG_1453.jpg Blog archive - Rookie mistakes http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/6/29/o67q69xgpbnwkzcqp0tdsramxi0g6j monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561817449942-XDKAQMGZN883Q6AUP55U/DSC_0011.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students On the streets of Nazareth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562569527729-J4VQ65PI12CKEEGIZ3LT/IMG_0291.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students Seth tempts gravity on the edge of Mt Arbel. Below him is the Plain of Genesaret and the Sea of Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562569656660-VDJ34JOQFXZ8164E4SZD/IMG_0909.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students We enjoyed the hospitality of Hani and Shifa Billan who are doing local ministry in Cana, Israel. They are a part of the Christian HolyLand Foundation team. See the link here for more on CHLF. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561817630309-NT0FRTVEVL2KOPYV0X57/DSC_0032.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students Staying hydrated is a challenge on the trail in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562580025403-FQ1MDA4CZPUHJNZNXVBN/IMG_2399.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students The platform underneath our seats is a part of the construction effort of Herod the Great who rebuilt the YHWH temple in Jerusalem. It’s a good place to reflect upon this history, as well as the legacy of Islam. Today, this area is known as the Haram esh-Sharif or “the noble sanctuary.” It is the third holiest site in all the world for a Muslim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562657441307-T17K8MRV0B1JNGB232BL/Mark+and+Robert%2C+Baker+19.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students Our sturdy driver and dear friend Robert Makhlouf proved to be a difference-maker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562568986646-UQLIJ08PR92Y61AMJ6B5/IMG_1453.jpg Blog archive - Sturdy students http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/7/1/more-critters monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562077071763-MZSO8UND0NVCQDFI2JJM/IMG_0176.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562006085110-YLKG4MNDVH7YI38PZMRZ/DSC_0014.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters We entered the canyon below Nabi Shu’ayb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562036294846-OQL6SAPC3XZB5Y129420/IMG_0316.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters The trail runs through the tangle of brush at the edge of the stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562042075480-BZ4JXVEV1U2QOS0MWACW/hyrax.jpeg Blog archive - Canyon critters Back in 2014 I spotted this hyrax in about the same place. He may have been a grandpa to our friend today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562004928566-LEPE80XU2HV45FWVCFPO/DSC_0024.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters The only thing I managed to capture was his twitching tail disappearing into the brush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562080106111-2VDBL715BSF86QUQCA5G/IMG_0312.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters The goats came out to have a look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1562080417755-J033GIQ2A1GZ70YI4YFZ/DSC_0032.jpg Blog archive - Canyon critters http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/6/23/lrm0ugvzxq0z2rwvq960i1exressjs monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561344548591-NNGNTGCYLIOC1JAU5C8A/20190622_092547+2.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen Janet wings it on a camel in Jericho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561466828999-ALTENH4L02KCRBTOFS4U/Rick+Lowry+2.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen Rick Lowry, Spiritual Growth Pastor at First Church, contemplates the Sermon on the Mount on “the Mount”! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561344986292-OYTTBGWN782IERWC3MRD/Robert+1.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen Robert wheeled our big Volvo like like a boss and always wore a smile. Since the last time we worked together he has become a father. His little girl is four months old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561344272989-FS28UZOPP06BRYKBG8PA/group.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen Group photo from the summit of Mt Arbel. The Sea of Galilee shimmers in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561519490317-JGY84GDFCAOZNAVGVIPE/Dead+Sea+Swimmers+Baker.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen Swimming—or bobbing—in the Dead Sea. Photo by Tommy Baker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561465403353-OUTI8C7YQ91ZTBDI4X2A/DSC_0018.jpg Blog archive - Baker's dozen http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/6/19/threepeat monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561001883257-T5RI7N79RIVG8JD4JDML/DSC_0015.jpg Blog archive - A Threepeat The bathhouse at the palace of King Herod at the Herodium is a perfect place for a group photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561001510301-L3GPILLFAPPUEPPLP19Z/20190613_100700+copy.jpg Blog archive - A Threepeat These sturdy souls took up the challenge of wading through the dark tunnel known as Hezekiah’s Tunnel. This conduit provided water for the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the Iron Age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561002121230-HTVMCKQ95CNN1MJ16GEP/20190614_125101.jpg Blog archive - A Threepeat We borrowed an excellent driver from the British Embassy. Louis not only knew the roads, but was instrumental in keeping our group safe and well-fed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561171269328-LXVQ7GPE1345IPSADV5O/IMG_4551.JPG Blog archive - A Threepeat Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the traditional site where Jesus was crucified and resurrected. Photograph by Kurt Knochel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561001305903-6UEXQMA4KVPPALPG5A5J/20190610_173520+copy.jpg Blog archive - A Threepeat We didn’t suffer too much at our hotel beside the Dead Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1561171915049-G6WVF2562FB3S22OOB2V/IMG_2757%2B2.jpg Blog archive - A Threepeat http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/6/15/travel-documents monthly 0.5 2019-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560593128724-JG32EMTCJ98IPZNQTCIQ/DSC_0006.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560596003967-TZTCQLHPJ0QKJF88OI8C/Untitled+14.001.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents Note the date of expiration on the picture page of your passport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560593449413-GK56RWFDXGMNUEBSRGNR/DSC_0019.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents You will receive this card upon your arrival in the Tel Aviv airport. Keep it safely tucked away inside your passport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560592924841-QHPT506OH8PPKWFFXJPM/20190615_105047.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents Stamp collecting in one’s passport is one way to remember your travels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560618667837-UULNNP02BM3ANK3HYQY7/SelfishWeeklyHellbender-poster.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents A traveler who has all his documents in order is a happy traveler. Image from here (accessed June 15, 2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560601156911-GVBZ1ADD8QTHO6R6OQ7N/DSC_0025.jpg Blog archive - Travel documents http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/6/5/toe-jam monthly 0.5 2019-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1559722753866-CX65EKVMY5FLYOA33BWQ/Screen+Shot+2019-06-05+at+11.17.24+AM.png Blog archive - Piggy flies One slips out of formation. Image from https://nara.getarchive.net/media/an-f-15-eagle-aircraft-breaks-out-of-formation-with-two-other-f-15s-while-participating-56607d. Accessed 6/5/2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1559722493722-SOL7NV4ILIRM3FUQA0LZ/broken+toe.001.jpg Blog archive - Piggy flies A distal phalange in distress. There is something not-quite-right about seeing the insides of your own body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1559927553840-YV28T6RRUVSTQLHMVWIT/WW1_Air_Crash_Gedham_Field_Ossett.jpg Blog archive - Piggy flies A good landing. Image from https://www.ossett.net/pages/WW1_Air_Crash_Gedham_jpg.htm, accessed 6/7/2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1559925996130-W2R068IYFC88KH1QL3HW/DSC_0025.jpg Blog archive - Piggy flies http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/3/10/required-reading-for-explorers-part-4 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1552226167520-QIELMC8FZTDZ0798FTZA/IMG_0710.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) The book jacket is lovely, no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1552212524573-UCQL5YRZFJ61MO372YZH/dqedlcudva2uwlqvak6u+%281%29.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) The film adaptation of the book cast Robert Redford as big-game hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Meryl Streep as the author Karen Blixen. Image from here (accessed 3/14/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1552213135735-XETI72A4UC4VN7ETQ9YI/maxresdefault-38.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) Karen Blixen and Denys Finch-Hatton. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1552620452439-BIQAH9JOZUNKWGWXV58F/d.jpeg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) Blixen and her workers. From her farm, c 1920. Image from here (accessed 3/15/2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1552226191333-3UO31WTRVZAJTBUJTN15/IMG_0713.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) Karen Blixen pictured on the flap of the book jacket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565861468927-G4UZK95BVQALL6NPL5HX/Prosper+and+MZ.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 4) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/3/3/j2cmcsns6wx8qnv6u914t8ar8ygfgo monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551657998197-L5L5FCCUFLADZY62BMIJ/IMG_0684.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) The book has been hanging around my table since Christmas. I’m reading it now with a chuckle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551662090636-6C9DA10BXJTC9ZKVJSIS/1.001.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) All illustrations in the book come from the hand of Jeff Östberg. Even in the case of rats (p. 103), his art is mellow and creamy and delightful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551658317724-SBFEXA0J2KFYLZ6GXHI3/IMG_0686.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551702588095-KPLCYF35FLGFO04E98X7/IMG_0704.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) The Florida turnpike. Looking big is of little help in these parts. You become a yummier target. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551658025462-GEZXPZA5YL9T8WA7G566/IMG_0691.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) Our greyhound, (Turbo High) Dutch, is fawn-colored, has big eyes, and at times resembles a deer. He may even contemplate danger between naps and meals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551703454843-TKBY9W32T89HR642804U/Ziese+6.JPG Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 3) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/2/22/i-lost-my-bearings monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1550881948615-YVW6NEP24FOPUHUC1GOC/IMG_0673.jpg Blog archive - Naturally I lost my bearings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551000649217-WXQIZKEXQCJIHUGNHEGC/IMG_0670+2.jpg Blog archive - Naturally I lost my bearings Tools and tricks of the trade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1550870966501-BQIZ6ID5RWRLTQ02MEX1/Jody+Tanner+%26+Mark+01+2.jpg Blog archive - Naturally I lost my bearings Jody, Tanner, and yours truly from a compass-directed Israel experience many years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551091912393-JYKX3WLYZHLHJ8OMOFA4/104997473-40110304192_d1bc0db0ce_h.1910x1000.jpg Blog archive - Naturally I lost my bearings The earth’s magnetic field protects us from dangerous stuff flying around in space. I’ll bet Starman has a GPS. He is not going to mess around with distortion or declination. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1551089773543-SWXQNUR97VYETP13IFYV/Mark%2Barms%2Bup%2Bin%2Bcanoe.jpg Blog archive - Naturally I lost my bearings http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/2/18/vqmu1cddk1x0630llzd5o1laytfyo1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1550537065654-YBLB39CAUSDDVC7HCEWC/Drone+2.jpg Blog archive - Above the jesus trail, 2019 Cody, his phone, and his drone. Nazareth, Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1550538130694-2EFQXQNWLJBOG8MINJ5G/P1210766.JPG Blog archive - Above the jesus trail, 2019 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/2/11/jesus-trail-2019 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549879571373-GE971VXBHRPEYVB7XSRL/P1210794.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Jesus Trail hikers near Karei Deshe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549890555025-ZXQ2UV8Q87N8JN3S3YEP/P1210540.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Urban landscapes are an integral part of the Jesus Trail. These offer opportunities to interact with village life and support the local economy. Pictured here is the village of Mashhad, the traditional home of Jonah the Old Testament prophet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549918372463-948SL2C53BRBXCE2IPIT/fullsizeoutput_5b8.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Susan Ruth captured this wonderful image of a hoopoe on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549908462794-WD1WB59GRQ22YLWHR8ZB/P1210504.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Local flooding forced a few detours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549916333527-5TJKZ9B3GTGDKXAI3US3/9.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 The Sea of Galilee was muddy and stirred. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549891245103-SL5WBEKJC7J698Y2446Z/DSC_0637.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Hunting meals outside of the hotel scene offers a vibrant and authentic experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549879793551-FHJSMCJPDV3Q1UIBN12H/P1210804.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 Visiting the church at Tabgha, a Byzantine site commemorating Jesus’s miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549917499401-KBL33AR0PF1JGL8CJJKS/P1210415.JPG Blog archive - Jesus trail 2019 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2019/2/7/required-reading-for-explorers-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549539068737-1RY6XZO1WLSPY9FSG8AT/IMG_0659+%281%29.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549539142604-O4WC802DEID6WTBW0X2I/Ernest-Shackleton-survival-story-Antarctic-expedition-ice-snow-ocean-ship-rescue-13.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 2) Not exactly the craft of choice to cross the Screaming Sixties and the Furious Fifties. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549539101647-1ASUTTY6USKLLE5RVPWA/Worsley+and+Shak.jpg Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 2) Frank Worsley (left) and Sir Ernest Shackleton (right). Images found here and here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1549541843488-A8DWEYIE8LH3GTX8S6XF/P1200459.JPG Blog archive - Required reading for explorers (part 2) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/12/22/incredible-edibles monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545505264243-VVSN7YFDO84FFDC2947U/nhq2017091100011.jpg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers An Orthodox priest pronounces a blessing over the assembled media and a Soyuz rocket ready for a blast off. The Orthodox are not shy in dispensing blessings. This image is from here, accessed 12/22/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545555394444-CPG33NGIF8UYYYS7BVJH/ampulla.jpeg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers Examples of terra-cotta ampullae. These flat, small (3-4 inches in diameter) vessels are mold-made with decorated faces. The regular appearance of St Menas with arms outstretched on a central medallion (far left, far right) has given these vessels the nickname “Menas flasks.” For more on St Menas see here. These examples are part of the collection of the British Museum (see here, accessed 12/23/2018). All three of these examples date to the Byzantine period and were purchased by collectors in Lower Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545522149896-DXEXC5QTN70MU041HS82/tokens+4.004.jpg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers This is a fine examples of the torta from the webpage of Israel Museum. There are others for browsing (see here, accessed 12/22/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545527864088-NWGTW5K9T2F9Q906EDBN/tokens.002.jpg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers These three tortae are presented in the article by L. Y. Rahmani, “The Adoration of the Magi on Two Sixth-Century C.E. Eulogia Tokens,” Israel Exploration Journal 29/1 (1979): 34-36. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545492147843-HND7PG2WNGNKG4FRXRQ3/stamp+con.001.jpg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers While the small artifact pictured here does not present the magoi, it demonstrates an extremely rare find. This is a token stamp discovered at Khirbet Deir Dusawi. It is connected with the Church of St Sergius in Gaza.Visible on the left is the back of the stamp. The nub functions a handle. Visible in the center is the negative image and visible on the right is an artist’s presentation of the positive. For discussion, see L. Y. Rahmani, “A Eulogia Stamp from the Gaza Region” in Israel Exploration Journal 20 1/2 (1970): 105-108. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1545561762196-EP73E7YXSWUN6LXKZLQ3/47089570_10217106876524594_7044340148963639296_n.jpg Blog archive - Wisemen wafers http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/12/7/they-were-king-makers-and-king-breakers monthly 0.5 2019-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544538578365-X9UAXA52B8V5IUPWO4BD/1960.jpg Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers Herod was involved in a complex geopolitical game where lies, manipulation and internecine power struggles were common. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544538634503-EJOZY1Y49ET7C9RWUKGC/Cuban-Missile-Crisis-25.jpg Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers What would the Roman Senate do when word of this audacious/subversive visit reached their ears? Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544538677939-5LN64HIVO3D68VBN3UVV/image.gif Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers The magoi are regularly portrayed outside the Bible as dreadful, crafty, incestuous, and ancient. In short, they are true politicians. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544485371461-A6J9T0L55EZZF77NXAQZ/1_40sDW-FoFQ8TlFXNjYfjDQ.jpeg Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers The magoi were king-maker indeed. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544538721250-7DCMFXYCEY4VCX8962JZ/USSR.+Moscow.+1959.+Nikita+KHRUSHCHEV+and+Richard+NIXON.+%28NYC13628%29.jpg Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers Cold War action pitted the Wild West against the Ancient East. A word to the wise: finger pointing is rarely a good tactic. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544617443095-53ZEF1Q1FXJ56GQWPVPQ/06_cuban_missile_crisis.adapt.1900.1.jpg Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers The king-making and king-breaking magoi could have ruled the world. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544485448892-BBI93LJULQ9V0DLEXN6Y/City+street+4+copy.JPG Blog archive - King-makers and king-breakers http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/12/5/see-stand-and-grasp monthly 0.5 2019-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544061145786-0PY059W7JV0RU80J1SI5/47425084_1022370514638226_4829047127797661696_n.jpg Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections Visiting the Sea of Galilee. That’s Bridget, guest author, on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544046837105-WIOXLYWJLVU4554V3Q8H/47259440_10218323818912828_3291720118848978944_o+copy.jpg Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections The Chantilly group in the area of Mary’s well. Nazareth. Orthodox tradition suggests that in this place Gabriel announced to Mary that she would conceive, give birth to a son, and name him Jesus. See Luke 1:26-38 here. Image by Melinda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544045689522-VWMXQWNFL0S5FYONS1E9/47035035_2154947324525262_7388571903608225792_n.jpg Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections Visiting the Western Wall at night. The wall is not actually part of the ancient YHWH temple in Jerusalem, but rather is one face of an enormous platform built in the Herodian period. The platform supported porches, open courtyards, walls, and, in the center, the Second Temple. The “men’s side” of the Western Wall is pictured here. Image by Tess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544046047502-398CM7RZMZOVIZDGO59R/46797613_10216058357504764_553804842766696448_n.jpg Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections Baptism in the Jordan River. The folk going into the water on left hand side of the photograph are in Israel-Palestine. The folk on the far bank are in the country of Jordan. Here at Qasr Yehud they meet. Image by Amy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544046676426-J90NNG9E8KPLU0SCZ8ZS/P1210455+copy.JPG Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections Visiting the Israel Museum with the troop from New Life Christian Church, Chantilly, Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544061303779-R24TY7VUPI7KSILGMY3N/47684410_200336904234355_8901574060333334528_n.jpg Blog archive - Pilgrim reflections http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/6/28/rabies-is-not-the-way-to-go-part-6 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530503824976-X4BAPAKI2NH7XYE90SGZ/cavalry+charge.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 6) Gamma globulin arrives. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530707177537-FSW1SF6CARN020ONULBO/rabies+bridge.JPG Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 6) Wading around the central pillar of El Puente de la rabia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530163507572-3YPSC7HK7WW7VQYUQN7F/health+ministry+release.001.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 6) The Ministry of Health released this notice after my experience at Tel Dan. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/6/25/rabies-is-not-the-way-to-go-part-5 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529929933786-UJILWX708IZ6TYKNDFK7/Arad_Rotem.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 5) View to the Rotem neighborhood of Arad. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529930930229-24CKERNOP7ZLKMXLEQSC/b+map.001.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 5) Image of "Southern Palestine" from J. P. Newman's book From Dan To Beersheba. See digital version here. Accessed 6/25/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1530162361947-PNF7QYSXG52HLKGCKPWG/ShowImage.jpeg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 5) The emergency waiting room in the Beer-sheva hospital (Soroka Medical Center). It was a hoppin' place. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529932415450-3HZARZTQKHYCNSO6B11Z/syringe.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 5) Image from here. Accessed 6/25/2018. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/6/19/rabies-is-not-the-way-to-go-part-4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529508568798-W4B9SXC62270BG4P1E1G/DSC-1524-tiberias-central-bus-station-2017.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 4) The bus station in Tiberias. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529431897331-P741PJC7ULRAOFT8D3SQ/IMG_2940.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 4) The woulda-coulda-shoulda truck was rolling. Picture from the hippodrome at Caesarea-by-the-Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529851545763-FL73DUBOSM6GXDRJLVVA/3b29c65ceae27688d30d36ce5cf925e9_xl.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 4) Tall tales, or longer ones, anyway. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529779273032-VHQDYSOFLSU1EM527D6N/rabies.001.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 4) Rabies Lyssaviruses are found worldwide, in a wide range of mammal hosts. For graphic and more, see here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/5/28/a-brush-with-rabies-g3g4b-a3hn4 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529286010721-4NWLSNRVO2EK2F08CKC4/P1170134.JPG Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 3) The first aid room beside the gift shop at Tel Dan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529287116073-L9OLBVMHGSP7AC5BL2IZ/Dan+1+%281%29.JPG Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 3) The sign at the entrance to Tel Dan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529288202389-WH5BILC6I19QXND4WR4X/rabiesvirus-620x307.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 3) The rabies virus under a microscope. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1529288315743-KRRENH90VTHFKEJ1V42E/me+and+shadi.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 3) I caught up with Shadi today. It was a happy reunion! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/5/28/a-brush-with-rabies-g3g4b monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528078996086-D4D6M9RPLAYII218W90E/Untitled.001.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528657038987-EHY9AJFX7J0OKU9UWR84/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 2) The logo of the Reshut, Israel's Nature and Parks Authority. Image from here (accessed 6/10/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1527848939288-UT0DYT9BV8S6QXP29ASK/IMG_0685.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 2) The park man had the head of the dog pinned under the branch. We released him to Shadi's pistol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528080662440-0XKALCTL2BFAIOIKPSZU/9b695-tokillmockngbrd_082pyxurz-1.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 2) Do you remember when Atticus Finch shot the dog in Universal's classic film To Kill a Mockingbird? Image from here (accessed 6/10/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528253618097-HJ6JRPZ1U2RO62FFDADL/old-yeller.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 2) No one from my generation can forget the moment when Travis put Ol 'Yeller down. Still from Walt Disney's Old Yeller (1957) (accessed 6/10/2018). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/5/28/a-brush-with-rabies monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1527907851361-1W5E70QXZ2SAKKELQGDY/IMG_1291+%281%29.JPG Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 1) Meet Turbo High Dutch, our retired greyhound. Dogs are man's best friend, except when they aren't. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1527855478554-0NJ2JDUZU8YURD2RXO22/IMG_20180523_104042070.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 1) The Tel Dan Nature Reserve is thickly forested. It is a great place to find lurking archaeological remains and, at times, other sorts of lurking things. Image by Bible Land Explorer Priscilla Crosland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1527853517916-XDIOWGV70NQHYWLAJBIU/x_tdy_cheetahcubpuppy_160909.jpg Blog archive - Rabies is not the way to go (part 1) The cuteness here is off the charts. At this moment in the story I thought you might like this adorable picture of a puppy and a baby cheetah. How can you not like puppies? Or cheetahs either for that matter? Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/5/13/a-stone-and-a-story monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1526267503654-EOJ2GKBZJU1RUQ38X7PO/P1160187+copy.JPG Blog archive - Remember me? The oddly cut stone sits at the front of the nave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1526267985802-QPO6DZQZJUKNLBJ1Q73T/800px-The_Flight_into_Egypt-1500_Vittore_Carpaccio.jpg Blog archive - Remember me? Carpaccio's "Flight into Egypt" about 1515. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1526268509445-26KOJFJQEETRMP8G0VID/Evangelium_Nicodemi_manuscript.jpg Blog archive - Remember me? A page from the Gospel of Nicodemus. This apocryphal book names the "good thief." The original manuscript may be as early as the 4th century. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1526268644946-1EXFEI5M95MM0A7CF204/P1160182+copy.JPG Blog archive - Remember me? Yours truly inside the Church of the Virgin. Note the presentation of the stone on the far left (just beyond the last bench). The photographer who had come with Father Yusef for the baptism offered to take my picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1526268933982-DSTP5UNSA56AWXK11TGY/maxresdefault.jpg Blog archive - Remember me? http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/4/12/goodbye-africa monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524225087711-QVQBYYWOLM6L5U8C2OI8/afica.001.jpg Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Africa personified. Note how her hat/hair takes the shape of an elephant, complete with tusks. From the "African House" preserved at El-Djem, Tunisia. While I photographed this Roman mosaic back in 2002, this particular image comes from Blanchard-Lemee, Michele, et. al. Mosaics of Roman Africa. George Braziller, 1996. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523752573625-RB62JZCR77J1RDFCH59D/P1150153.JPG Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Herds of zebra and wildebeest in Ngorongoro Crater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523579159298-DWC2L7JQ4MPAPQE2EDI8/P1150272+copy.JPG Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa The Great Rift Escarpment above Lake Manyara, Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523578797157-AN4O1FK3WWM0AH96ZU9O/Summit+with+three+2.JPG Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Jason, Mark, and Tommy on the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524397499007-ONT4GKMFOMNWBKXGH0U2/20170715_123030.jpg Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Napping in style and comfort on Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523700738498-1CQYNDQ7V4FYOK3C16K9/P1140659+copy.JPG Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Herder and herd outside of Arusha, Tanzania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523578213726-TNEK2OI5NNAS13LTRP44/Porters+keeping+warm.jpg Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa A few members of our superb porter team from Kandoo Adventures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523578554432-A0BQO9LDGJ6IEG6M6EVR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa Paul and Tommy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524734927566-2QU4QVNFDGO8VQXM0N4I/Celebrity-Reflection-Opus-534-56a202583df78cf7727112dc.JPG Blog archive - 5 gifts from Africa http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/30/the-storks-of-mto-wa-mbu monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523145844202-FXWUAH54MJ6YCA9Z2X06/GRV.jpg Blog archive - Stork swarm Descending the Great Rift Escarpment. The escarpment drops to the surface of Lake Manyara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522411494012-Z3S5H510KB3L9HR34WQ5/1.001.jpg Blog archive - Stork swarm Image of Northern Tanzania adapted from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522401269576-0NZJR9L56OXPQDTD7GFO/Motorized+tricycles+2.JPG Blog archive - Stork swarm The edge of Mtowambu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522400908939-P10ZJFTXIK1WR3GDY8ET/P1150287.JPG Blog archive - Stork swarm Storks and a poo-spangled. tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523438955899-Y60IKOKRWPGWLB5WOQZQ/07d17efb4a0e07ece10f89f546bb000c.jpg Blog archive - Stork swarm The Yellow-billed Stork offers a fetching pose. Illustration by C.G. Finch Davies and accessed here on 4/11/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523492087118-IOBEKJXWKMOVC4A234LJ/P1150295+copy.JPG Blog archive - Stork swarm The head of every tree near the Mosquito River was bent by roosting storks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522401104165-I8LDM2BLK1FWMAU4OFI1/P1150290.JPG Blog archive - Stork swarm The storks sit on every branch. Note the nest on the left side of the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523527155511-2Q5BPNHQDMGZBLG2P85G/BIF1965_MPU_I1Q3036_04012015_ybstork-AD_eth_lake-chamo.jpg Blog archive - Stork swarm This image (as well as the image in the header) of a Yellow-billed Stork in flight was captured by Mathias Putze in Ethiopia. It was originally posted here and accessed on 4/12/18. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524734784571-XY0PZB9SVFC0ARV3UNKU/Guests-aboard-Broadway-Theatre-Cruises%E2%80%99-Sailing-with-the-Stars-cruise-can-meet-face-to-face-with-Broadway-stars.jpg Blog archive - Stork swarm http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/4/15/royal-scribe-report monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523807462256-1NIBGRF5S3EHGUBOVFGC/Guests-aboard-Broadway-Theatre-Cruises%E2%80%99-Sailing-with-the-Stars-cruise-can-meet-face-to-face-with-Broadway-stars.jpg Blog archive - Royal scribe report http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/24/irregular monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522887938569-E7KQB5VEO678I385PQEQ/in+sand.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience Michaela Wood (L) and Ciarra Chiusano (R) sort through seashells at Caesarea Maritima. The breakers of the Mediterranean Sea roll in softly behind them. Photograph by Bible Land Explorer Adrienne Griffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522888098468-IHWYNTXKNFHPU84JDP4S/29511830_10215723920190960_8543984624663815800_n+copy.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience Learners engage the Heartland with all their senses. Moving the educational process out of the box is one of the goals of the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523044543299-1HP43I5G6TGBOZQ6OGK7/29060542_10210896431387102_5300752177955399420_o.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience The Western Wall (or Kotel) in Jerusalem is a Jewish place of prayer, bar-mitzvah, celebration, and study. Photograph by Bible Land Explorer Brad Campbell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1523007240671-CBWGEYVYD20F09409JPR/IMG_6519+2.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience This descent carries the walker down from the "Dome of the Rock" plaza in Jerusalem. This place ranks third among the holy sites of the Islamic faith. Photograph by Bible Land Explorer Adrienne Griffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522885775635-37OINK9RJ7F71TTUJFHA/P1150932+copy.JPG Blog archive - An exceptional experience Prayer, liturgy, and worship were regular activities. Richard Clark (far left), Vice-President of External Relations/Chief Advancement Officer, of Johnson University was part of the study-tour leadership team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522880157463-XM30E35PI9LMYNMPSOY1/IMG_2222.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience Jody Owens of Johnson University was a part of the teaching team. Here on Mt Carmel he offers comments on the story of the contest between Elijah and the Prophets of Baal as described in the biblical book of Kings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522880070268-T3GQ20T8GI9ISD9JGAYN/IMG_6730.jpg Blog archive - An exceptional experience The group visited the Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Many famous manuscripts of the Bible are housed here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524735130615-ACUV6BZ1673CA8XR2W1D/ship.jpeg Blog archive - An exceptional experience http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/27/lions monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522198869736-IR41F4EEQ6F0LMGRD3E2/P1150158.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken Zebras and wildebeests were quite conditioned to four-wheel drive vehicles. We nosed our way through middle of the herd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522199010529-WLKI2UMXF9XP46PV06E3/P1150164.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken Buffalo with burly bosses! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522198170611-7OHJW8GIU4QL4AFVF5HY/P1150135.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken A female ostrich crossed our path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522229817580-9HFFASNVGJSZ8SXKGVFM/ele.001.jpg Blog archive - Serengeti chicken Q: "Is that a elephant way over there?" A: "Naw. Just a rock with a periscope." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522228791059-E2W46CGMBCBD8EM3BV57/P1150136.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken Hippos enjoying the morning air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522199214534-A2FNIGUPESCY0PNRWMCI/P1150184.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken This hyena ventured near our truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522198372455-JUYW0I5RH3HLRIF39U4C/P1150149.JPG Blog archive - Serengeti chicken The lioness slowly passed our rig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524735810466-D6D0QIDUJZ0GUWWJ7Y1M/Guests-aboard-Broadway-Theatre-Cruises%E2%80%99-Sailing-with-the-Stars-cruise-can-meet-face-to-face-with-Broadway-stars.jpg Blog archive - Serengeti chicken http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/31/ripped-like-a-patch monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522572946899-7L9SO4QRMKRB0ZRMYDTA/rolling%2Bstone%2Bentrance.jpg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off The rolling stone tomb found in East Jerusalem often mistakenly called "The Tomb of the Kings." It is now believed to be the burial site of Queen Helen of Adiabene (early 1st century AD). I highlighted the rolling stone on the left image to give a clearer sense of scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522538406195-AALE9PZ98Q3OKIFC4I4B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off There are a number of Second Temple Period tombs in the lower reaches of the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem. This one is in somebody's backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522539483326-P7BIFG2V3A1TCU83AF5R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off Reconstruction of a first century tomb. Note the cuboid plug or stopper (golal) that would be used to close the door. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522536589508-BJS7QEXSCELA9DUBGIMA/rolling%2Bstone.jpg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off Note the disk-shaped stone to the left, the "pocket" to receive it just below. Curbing would hold it in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522536733144-CJN4YCZD0FZWQFEWEDZ6/IMG_0742%2Bcopy.jpeg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off One of our Bible Land Explorer poses for scale. The steel band on this rolling stone should help prevent looters from taking it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522576536748-EAHC3CVTDC293RE6GZ04/ship.jpeg Blog archive - Like a patch ripped off http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/13/noahs-ark-sortof monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1521995811398-T08OMLC1BGQNG5QT6EJX/tuff+descent.001.jpg Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) Our descent followed a track cut into the steep tuff walls of the crater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522254872851-RV1HEIXHMHYVQVYN9RX6/2383_001.jpg Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) This map shows the route of Oskar Baumann through Ngorongoro Crater. His historic journey was taken 126 years ago this month and is marked in red. The graphic is drawn from a reprint (and translation) of Baumann's journey published as Ngorongoro's First Visitor (1963:10-11). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522003586590-OKCE1GXA572Y2IOEQS0G/GettyImages-3334145.jpg Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) An unnamed hunter poses with his kill. Image ca.1890 accessed from here on 3/25/2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1521995075751-YJD7LNXFOTJITWOX70FN/P1150106.JPG Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) We pass a herd of wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) grazing on the crater floor. A soda lake (Magadi) lies just beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522003969757-3TM9T1O4A621PSN9MOTE/P1150097.JPG Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) A warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) trots past our vehicle. According to Oats and Rees (2012:1) the presence of the warthog and the buffalo (Syncerus caffer) on the crater floor are recent developments. The decline of the wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) may be a result of disease and vegetation change. The steep decline of the presence of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a result of poaching. Finally, the lion population of the crater has suffered due to overhunting and genetic isolation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520933130154-N55LI45FU0RTT2H9OEYV/20170719_100536-2.jpg Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) We found a hippo huddle of more than 30 individuals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522056729212-7XEZDRY1ZK8J7RTLFDMP/P1150140.JPG Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) According to Oates and Rees (2012:6), the zebra population in the crater dipped dramatically in the 1970s. It rose slightly in the decades that followed and has been stable since 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524736191101-2QTEX2BXWO4QF8MUSDRZ/Celebrity-Reflection-Opus-534-56a202583df78cf7727112dc.JPG Blog archive - Noah's ark (sortof) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/13/noahs-ark-sortof-fnk9l monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520962038708-HNAPSYHR1540ZZ38P8T7/ngor+map.001.jpg Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world Ngorongoro Crater is the footprint of an ancient African volcano. This image, with its southwest view to the end of the EAR in Tanzania, is adapted from a NASA image. Find the source here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520974610382-WS8C7ODVI8TD3PHCSIUY/P1150060.JPG Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world We spotted a herd of "Tommies" or Thompson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) on a hillside on the way to the park. A herd of Maasai cattle are seen in the distance. The distinctive black and white sidebars of a "Tommie" make them an easy identification. Able to reach and exceed speeds of 50 mph, this gazelle is one of the fastest animals on the planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520973459921-5EJKWBISC9FZLGBNHVB4/P1150053.JPG Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world As we drove through the morning mist in "crater country," we passed this Maasai village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1521006088624-WB76C060NMCA5NEAN4A1/P1150033.JPG Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world Welcome, or Karibu, as they say in Swahili. The park entrance is an obligatory stop. The road to the crater floor from here was carved in 1959. Only vehicles with four-wheel drive are allowed to enter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520975251051-LH78MG2AZ1I87BY2RYUE/P1150063.JPG Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world View to the crater floor and Lake Magadi. Note the flowering African aloes (Aloe ferox, I believe) in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520933502512-FAYX9BRXJ8AUPRBQB5XG/P1150081.JPG Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world The crater rim curled into the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1524736341894-MXS6WTMSH27BFP2WTDJQ/Guests-aboard-Broadway-Theatre-Cruises%E2%80%99-Sailing-with-the-Stars-cruise-can-meet-face-to-face-with-Broadway-stars.jpg Blog archive - The eighth wonder of the world http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/10/tarangire monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520676400009-P22XH4IU2MB6EPIRAM81/Baoboob+tree+at+entrance+2.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Legend has it that the baobab tree was planted upside down because its limbs look like roots. The swollen trunk of the baobab can hold up to 120,000 liters of water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520678450859-HRRQC8JJFLOM2UKEF3LX/Rachael+and+Mo+3.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire After lunch, we said goodbye to Rachael and Mo. They were headed in a different direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520679316585-0G7BMQQVZBU6VJXOGY0S/Blue+balled+monkey+6.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Vervets scampered in the trees around the Ranger Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520718651909-QL32G7K02S5GGI4K8ZFY/P1140859.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Impalas grazing.They are a graceful mid-sized member of the antelope family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520700166525-GICV25BPTK5JERHD2UYC/P1140886.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire We approached our first waterhole. There were easily a hundred animals here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520912814063-I2ED9GPQ9ROJHS9S820Q/P1140879.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Zebra and wildebeest were everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520716799474-N5ZYMCNZX0VWRDDQU6TK/P1140921.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire The warthogs were skittish. We couldn't get close and my lens was not big enough to capture their ugly faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520914606049-PIZKEJ9D3CZ2E87GR8GU/P1140903.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Three elephants crossed our path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520913992871-4GAYADSFIS4P5SVH789U/P1140901.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire The Tarangire River runs like an artery through the center of the Park. We stopped at this bluff hoping to see elephants. We were given a fine view, but it did not include elephants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520717005693-NSL3FX57619BJHRXEZ49/P1140912.JPG Blog archive - Tarangire Wildebeests (or gnus) lounge in the sun. Nearby are two large secretarybirds, a long-legged raptor that feeds mostly on snakes. Note the iconic outline of the baobab trees in the distance. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/4/on-safari monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520301278663-S1KX876W42ESR3GVH8YV/Africa-Album-2.jpg Blog archive - Taking a safari From an African safari in the 1920s. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520213835152-SL623WZW1QQZKRLS0HLA/East+Africa3.002.jpg Blog archive - Taking a safari Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520387508239-M9RNCXTZR12NNH2NQRU3/Transfer+to+Safari+1.jpg Blog archive - Taking a safari We threw our gear and ourselves into the truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520387928009-447IDO15IB3AA6737JE5/maasai.JPG Blog archive - Taking a safari A busy waterhole west of Arusha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520419816991-ENELJG9NERPYQABO6X25/cyclists.JPG Blog archive - Taking a safari Passing through a village. The Maasai are tall and lean people who wear bright dress. They are semi-nomadic pastoralists who carry cell phones, seemingly caught between the past and the present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520415845900-A10KLLF4ATZ5CG5NMK68/herder+boys.JPG Blog archive - Taking a safari Boys and herd on the way to (or from?) the waterhole. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/3/6/bump-it-up-a-notch monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520346773001-R95DU31CQZSJA1I2NC5U/Rule+of+Thirds+Grid.png Blog archive - Bump it up a notch "Rule of Thirds" grid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520346931045-9X10X1XCEYJHHH7JNAL3/JK-5-ShakerVillageDeadTreeCropped.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Shaker Village Dead Tree Centered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520346938474-4K3LKWQUQ8H8H4RBH9PH/JK-4-ShakerVillageDeadTree.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Shaker Village Dead Tree "Rule of Thirds" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520349526262-96QTC3OS4Q6BYAPBQY5X/JK-1-SmokiesStream.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Smokies Stream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347135380-3BU21SCYTGPL4CK4SBYV/JK-6-ShakerVillageSpiralStaircase.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Shaker Village Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347312577-BDCK16IEIVG04XFU1SW7/JK-8-FallCreekFallsSuspensionBridge.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Falls Creek Falls Suspension Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347384000-M60OZ3XXC7VKV37TTPDT/JK-10-OldCarCityPreProcessed.png Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Old Car City Regular Exposure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347410290-RS61O0BZJV9FN5ZLONIL/JK-9-OldCarCityPostProcessed.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Old Car City HDR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347489272-K988CRUHXI3UF4C1L8US/JK-3-KampaIsland.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Kampa Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347499443-LE6PWUEEWUFA3CV0U1LM/JK-7-ShakerVillageStaircaseLemons.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Shaker Village staircase with lemons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347551205-HE2G83P8DK1IRICZBWLI/JK-11-SedonaJeepOnCoffeePotRock.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Sedona Jeep on Coffee Pot rock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520347559081-Y6NSE8K91U1UO177YM6H/JK-2-VlatavaSwans.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch - Vltava swans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520536301561-54CY76FXNVX3DOXQCZ98/john+ketchen.jpeg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1520523676551-N3QJ5RDE7C3KEYQOY6OL/22728902_10155767136605917_4746118287191270589_n.jpg Blog archive - Bump it up a notch http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/2/24/images monthly 0.5 2018-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519601325274-3BLPEOMNLO9RWBBNJK97/mweka+2.jpg Blog archive - Walk out Places involved in our descent from Mt Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519601138002-89SH5PIJ87F5RVGH1F7T/20170716_072911.jpg Blog archive - Walk out Jason stops at Stella Point on the descent from the rim of Kibo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519556354498-9RF2D59XJO7W1ZEHH97T/mo.jpeg Blog archive - Walk out Maro led the celebration of our return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519509957933-UCW7E1QA8WOAJ46GK5SZ/20170716_135635.jpg Blog archive - Walk out Our journey went from glacial ice to alpine desert to forest in a single day. It was a rugged downhill trek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519504626591-UIY3U47YO3VX16PL6Z4F/Rescue+stretcher+1.jpg Blog archive - Walk out Tommy stands beside a "Kili cart" This unicycle "vehicle" is used to carry/roll injured climbers over rugged terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519503838995-D7TV26VCH353H1V7I9HQ/20170717_092816.jpg Blog archive - Walk out An amazing aspect of Kilimanjaro is experiencing many different biomes. Dense forest surrounds the base of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519503497604-WDXF62SR3SR3250Y1G23/group.jpg Blog archive - Walk out Our sturdy group came off the mountain and met the bus at Mweka Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519675873954-GDOSNY7VBFGE1J17Q0CW/coffee.001.jpg Blog archive - Walk out I purchased some bags of coffee as souvenirs at the shop below Mweka Gate. The packaging turned out to be better than the flavor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519504380377-UZAKVYQQTPYXJ2A4CN91/coffee+beans+on+bush+2.JPG Blog archive - Walk out But just outside the shop I found this bush growing under some banana trees. Further downslope are many coffee plantations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1519504021295-LZCX6F2R1BZHNESRVQ11/coffee+beans+in+hand+2.JPG Blog archive - Walk out Here are some coffee beans picked from the bush. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/31/uhuru-peak monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518947665260-DUNHZ95BMHDMW6IPX6KE/kili+shadow.001.jpg Blog archive - The wonder of africa As the the sun threw itself against the mountain, the mountain pushed back. It cast a 20,000 foot shadow across the African savannah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514771387289-1ZJIH8KGMRDC1YHSHZZI/Reusch+crater.JPG Blog archive - The wonder of africa Reusch Crater sits in the center of the Kibo's flattop. View from the summit. Image by team member Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514771812452-O6HII2BVTSE61H6F6CKC/Summit+group+shot.jpg Blog archive - The wonder of africa "The nine" at the summit with guides Robert (right) and Godfrey (far left) wearing the orange of Kandoo Adventures. An assistant guide (far right in black) assisted in the summit push. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1516665218557-ZEF69LIFANLBOOYYQWI5/kilitop.jpg Blog archive - The wonder of africa Yours truly with a Tanzanian flag. I stand on one good leg and one that is improving. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/1/1/an-icy-retreat monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514808564603-67NWW4LFPDX2RIL8IBCM/kibo+map.jpg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane Kibo ice, after Hastenrath, 1984 (Map 4.1:1). Based upon data collected in the mid-1970s. This graphic was accessed here on 1/1/18). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518620470011-1ABVOENVQLES51V309XM/glacier.jpg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane The broken edge of the Southern Ice Field rose up like a wall. The scale in this photograph is deceptive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518435323742-610TFWAOZH9PUD9L2R5V/glacier+action.002.jpg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane An idealized cross-section of a glacier showing areas of accumulation and ablation. The one missing aspect in the drawing is sublimation, the process by which ice turns to water vapor without passing through the liquid stage. Sublimation is the means behind the mystery of the disappearing glaciers of Kilimanjaro. Image from here (accessed 2/12/2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518621967283-ZQGKPU03BTUNCYD1M7P8/200px-1950_Johannes-Notch_Kilimanjaro-Crater_East-Africa_800px.jpg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane Image from 1950 labeled "East Africa - Mt. Kilimanjaro Crater. Eternal Ice on the Equator." Unfortunately this ice is not as eternal as once believed. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518635814169-JJDYSHH3POJQU2E5UQ7E/kibo+drawing.jpeg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane Drawing of the Kilimanjaro's crater published in Hans Meyer's publication, Der Kibo-Krater des Kilimandscharo (1890). Image available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1518655465789-NWHI7NW28CT0SARG1TVY/hans.jpeg Blog archive - Fingerprints on a frosty pane Hans Meyer is depicted in this image titled, "Der krater des Kibo." Illustration from an online edition of Across East African Glaciers: An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro (George Philip & Son, 1891). Accessed here on 2/14/18. http://www.markziese.com/stories/group-travel monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517917955097-EA9FJW55JD31ZSNHY010/Photo+Jul+20%2C+7+38+04+PM.jpg Blog archive - Group travel Members of our 2013 study tour to Turkey play hide and seek among the restored columns of Laodikea. Photo by Bible Land Explorer Adam Chambers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517917764045-ZW3GLPM6URSS9WYM52ZB/Maro.jpg Blog archive - Group travel Professionals like Maro with Kandoo Adventures provide a safety net if you need it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517995588048-4HS73JXK09INGHLNCADL/cart+and+horse.jpg Blog archive - Group travel You never quite know what you are getting into when you travel solo! Here I am adventuring near the Syrian-Jordanian border back in 1986. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517917557490-Y2R4I3EWJP7GDAND96RR/Craig%2Band%2Bbuffet.JPG Blog archive - Group travel The most dangerous aspect of group travel may be the buffet line! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517917648216-ATBJRH6LHM79EXDDWFZV/IMG_0804%2Bcopy.jpg Blog archive - Group travel This Fam Trip developed some good chemistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517917591213-LML2BNBG4BA1SCDX2J3D/Group%2Bpix%2B3.JPG Blog archive - Group travel Our 2017 Johnson University group was stellar. The group was diverse, composed of graduate students, undergraduate students, and ministry residents. Despite these differences, they were a model of cooperative energy. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/30/summit monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514651740147-12VAB30M5VJ51OHQIGPB/stella+point.006.jpg Blog archive - Kili's flattop Features of Kibo's summit. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1517480093560-GVHG63J96VVP6KEYVLU1/st-helens.jpg Blog archive - Kili's flattop Mount St Helens in Washington State erupted on May 18, 1980. It was a day I'll never forget. An estimated 540 million tons of ash were propelled into the sky. This fabulous image was found here (accessed 2/1/18). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514726051361-1S3FQEJCSD8JS2MR3LGM/nasasaysgood+2.jpg Blog archive - Kili's flattop This view of Kibo from Nasa's EO-1’s Advanced Land Imager (ALI) was taken less than a year ago on Jan. 20, 2017. It offers a vertical view to Kibo's flattop. Mawenzi photobombs the shot in the lower right. Here is a link to this image accessed 12/31/17. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514636235427-B20TGPL2QIHJSBXEYKY0/from+stella+point.jpg Blog archive - Kili's flattop A natural amphitheater. I shot this panorama to Kibo's rolling top on on my descent. Reusch Crater rises with snow patches in the center of the image. The highest point on the mountain is Uhuru Peak, off screen, to the upper left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514634946675-KEG9IXWFJADVJQ1CRSA3/mawenzi.jpg Blog archive - Kili's flattop The sunrise illuminates the broken summit of nearby Mawenzi. There are not many places (apart from the window of a jet plane) where you can look down upon a peak nearly 17,000' feet high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566729276078-G7F5B0RZ9HPHRKF9UIAJ/st+marks.jpeg Blog archive - Kili's flattop http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/1/17/then-i-let-myself-believe-it monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1516233236799-HK42YDHFWU371UPMS3EF/neurocognative.002.jpg Blog archive - Then I let myself believe it Gradients of altitude and accumulating risks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1516220365879-EAVHYEV3Y7I9K6K5F1EG/Kili+sunrise+2.jpg Blog archive - Then I let myself believe it The sun rises on Kilimanjaro's rim. I think Rachel shot this image. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/18/the-big-push monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513937716541-HZKSUGQDYPI2U8E4MTWY/approach+1.jpg Blog archive - The big push https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1516227657049-17W6HX0TCE70FPCOH6CB/1200px-1915ca_abger_fluegel_%28cropped_and_mirrored%29.jpg Blog archive - The big push At a high angle of attack, the airflow separates from the airfoil. The wing then ceases to function as a wing and turns into a "brick." Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513963016861-2Y91REJ8AYXSVFBKOWXF/7.jpg Blog archive - The big push Gaiters keep pebbles and snow out of the boots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514630701141-5XK56SPYNAW4XC18P9ZS/N0-pKcmKYnLmfTG8u4qmgbFn_rDyBVaiVr5tC-3zqKI.jpg Blog archive - The big push Climbing by headlamp has special challenges (and benefits). Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2018/1/12/fam-tour-2018 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515892961381-3C9TPQSLFV9E26CQDPLL/IMG_0406.jpg Blog archive - They were resilient Hiding from the wind and rain in a Herodian bath. Photo by Bible Land Explorer Jay Hess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515776304563-46KND5R83XOCTN5HBVNU/Bethlehem+sunset.JPG Blog archive - They were resilient A stormy sunset from my hotel window in Beit Jala, Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515893384226-X1JBOB4BLYM4VZ2S3MUL/IMG_0380+%281%29.jpg Blog archive - They were resilient Fierce rain was followed by sun. The exchange created a rainbow over Bethlehem. Photo by Bible Land Explorer Jay Hess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515776750139-9VFPCQ8NIYLFR1FGC3UR/byron+kissing+camel.jpg Blog archive - They were resilient An Indiana pastor experiences his first camel kiss in the parking lot beside old Jericho. Photo by Bible Land Explorer Byron Williams. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515894043041-JNOWXOQ6JE6NT86448L1/IMG_0804.jpg Blog archive - They were resilient Resilient! Enjoying the finest shawarmas and baklava in Nazareth! Photo by Bible Land Explorer Jay Hess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515894413771-R87DQBISUAB7GYW0651X/IMG_0859.jpg Blog archive - They were resilient A warm sunny evening at the Barluzzi chapel on the Mount of Beatitudes (Sea of Galilee). Photo by Bible Land Explorer Jay Hess. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/29/5phjer3kqskf0k4iwb65agz5b8l31w monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515055348570-98U95XCT6U1P45IQAWYV/St+Nick+church+on+hill.JPG Blog archive - A nick visit The village of Beyt Jala sits on a hill overlooking Bethlehem. The golden caps of the Church of Mar Nicola set it apart from the others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515264741396-MXWJ3V259Z7UWRGR5F66/st+nick+steeple.JPG Blog archive - A nick visit St Nicholas is festively decorated with a Santa Claus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515055652584-ZBRYR6NA0XTVPHUA6A4U/st+Nick.003.jpg Blog archive - A nick visit The keeper of the key. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515056184641-YJBMH96JG0PZ9AJYG2OH/st+Nick.001.jpg Blog archive - A nick visit The iconostasis is decorated with icons in an Orthodox church. It screens the sanctuary from the nave. Only a priest may pass through the "Beautiful Gate" in the center. The iconostasis at Mar Nicola is considered a mason's masterpiece, cut from local stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515158689701-9JR7T5U89MB4JP8R6329/dome.JPG Blog archive - A nick visit Saints and apostles loiter in a blue sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515055986620-R3FP3ZE1EIVFM4QTJ6PA/st+Nick.005.jpg Blog archive - A nick visit Mar Nichola greets visitors as they reach the bottom of the stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1515055855968-6ZYNMZ1M1NBYTFJL93EI/st+Nick.004.jpg Blog archive - A nick visit The monastic home of Mar Nichola. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/13/the-most-interesting-man-in-the-world monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514376660343-I4KHQSQ4KD4L52E11LEO/ernest+hemingway.jpg Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world Papa in the field, 1939. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513819870644-NJAS6YPKAPS16GGG3FVN/IMG_3832.JPG Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world Richard Reusch (right) with the Henrich Pfitzinger family cross the Suez Canal on their way to Tanganyika Territory. February, 1923. Image from Johnson (2008: 121). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514489823676-2T0CC11MKQUK4609I97M/reusch.001+2.jpg Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world According to the register, Reusch was the 7th European to climb Kilimanjaro’s Kibo Peak. He returned two more times in 1926. Rather than plant a national flag, he preferred a Christian symbol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514489772108-2NJT3HXTKHDSRFW0GX2A/1926_Remains_Of_Frozen_Leopard_On_Kilimanjaro_600px.jpg Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world Jonathan, Mikani, and the remains of a frozen leopard on Kilimanjaro, 1926. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514199774670-9TIE9SXB2OA7E6E8M9ZY/frozen-leopard_2017_01_26.jpg Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world A "freeze-dried" leopard found near the 18,500' mark on Kibo. This 1926 photograph may show Elisabeth Wiegand Müller, the first European woman to summit Kilimanjaro, and her guide Richard Reusch. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514489593333-9XJ7DZKPD8LBYIKEFQYQ/Kilimanjaro-1938-uwm.jpg Blog archive - The most interesting man in the world The iconic summit of Kibo, 1938. Reusch Crater forms a perfect circle on the top of the mountain. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/11/the-son-of-solomon-and-sheba monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513168249285-QR0D6NG3DZD76NCXYPX2/Kilimandscharo_O._Kersten_Reisen_in_Ost-Afrika.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring The windy head of Kibo is pictured on the left, the fractured and "unclimbable" Mawenzi appears to the right. Note the broad col between them. The drawing, titled Der Schneeberg Kilimanjaro von Machame aus, or "The Snowmountain Kilimanjaro from Machame" was published in 1869 in the volume Reisen in Ost-Afrika in den Jahren 1859 bis 1865 (Otto Kersten, ed.). Here is the link to the post where I found it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513127828851-Q7BATDESSVNPO172GJF2/The_Queen_of_Sheba_%282131716999%29.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring This 17th-century AD fresco was originally from a church in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It likely depicts Saint Mercurius as an equestrian figure. Other claim it is the Queen of Sheba riding to meet Solomon. The fresco is now housed in the Addis Ababa National Museum. Image detail from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513419300624-6RVB7DI13LTJ4KXGBB82/warrior+3.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring Seeing the face of this "Arabian warrior" reminds me of Menelik I. Here is the link to the original image created by mammouthe30. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1512990852978-6WHHW1JYO3ZDYJ227ZS9/IMG_20170715_183232.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring The desolate col between Kibo and Mawenzi. Evening view from Barafu Hut (15,239') to Mawenzi (16,893'). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513162079130-IBB9X1UQHB0IRNLSGC8Y/IMG_20170714_112723.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring The magnificent mountain is a magnet for story. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513131062637-9D0TO6TYV55IARDC5VMH/article_sheba.jpg Blog archive - It has an odd ring Menelik I carries the Ark of the Covenant back to Ethiopia. This picture is on display in Ethnological Museum in Addis Ababa. Digital image found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1566729407323-UUBH9U7JRM9936L960UX/st+marks.jpeg Blog archive - It has an odd ring http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/26/bkwws6ks202oorthordjyqmfl6v3ux monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1512219343103-9XWK44A04G40D3HZKN39/In+tent+3.jpg Blog archive - 15K+ Enjoying the high life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1512251191357-EKE1MMKL1ZPARKS0YFJ0/cell+phone.jpg Blog archive - 15K+ "And then he (Harry) knew that there was where he was going." In "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" Ernest Hemingway described the square top of the mountain as"wide as all the world." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511715176926-IFXCJLU4DMX6HI7K6JZC/route+up.jpg Blog archive - 15K+ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511715554009-867J79GU2QK2ZUUJLJPT/climbing+up.jpg Blog archive - 15K+ The trail to Barafu Hut. This ridge is the highway to the summit in the distance. Photograph by teammember Jason Wilcoxon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1512359483680-H1M4GF9B7E99O7KSZJ3I/barafu+camp.jpg Blog archive - 15K+ Barafu Hut is the last stop on the way to the top. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/24/o-little-town- monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514120688207-NX3KRRHFR2T8Q2F3HJ7A/P1140125.JPG Blog archive - O little town . . . Palestinian policemen lined the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514114180376-Q4VBG8HRMOY3CMHQ4RBZ/star.jpg Blog archive - O little town . . . The silver star marks the traditional site of Jesus' birthplace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514115150443-JLQ0PKWRIPPWDMJN4IVL/nativity.jpg Blog archive - O little town . . . Our Bethlehem nativity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1514113887706-XI6X714EAV03XYW31SFG/Kitts+group.jpg Blog archive - O little town . . . Mark and DeeDee Kitts (right) traveled to the Holy Land with Jon and Tammie Weatherly (center) this year. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/24/highs-and-lows monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511563707891-1DBY6DUZX1551K5PHWP5/evening+falls.JPG Blog archive - Starry night Evening view from Karanga Camp. The African plain is covered by clouds. Image by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511534995302-308FCRWH0ITH74O975HI/Mountain+looms+above+camp+4.jpg Blog archive - Starry night That frosted rock hung above Karanga Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511630207585-MF1R65MBZ8O6XTTN7XDV/night+sky.JPG Blog archive - Starry night The night sky made the mountain look small. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511561156632-J68BA3TF2SBWUOYLHHMF/kher_onindia_hero.jpg.webrend.1920.350+%281%29.jpeg Blog archive - Starry night Bharti Kher, "Starry Night After V.G." (2011). Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511610894204-F9DS6PB6692BCFSUT22L/goodwp.com_20460.jpg Blog archive - Starry night Starchart. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/22/karanga-camp-jf64r monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511382730862-09N7VJQHUHS6XZGSEHRV/sunbeam.JPG Blog archive - Mush balls Kibo played hide and seek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511399028993-1097Z7XOHXD7A7GMZ035/on+the+trail+to+karanga.jpg Blog archive - Mush balls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511396886879-PUS66FOE2KPQZV3Y823Y/3.003.jpg Blog archive - Mush balls Original image of Mt Kilimanjaro modified from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511397776170-52Q2Z0XKIUAVL9L3TUDD/Karanga+valley.jpg Blog archive - Mush balls We spotted the camp on the far side of the Karanga Valley. The trail climbing out on the right is the line we sought to follow. The trail climbing out on the left is the trail used by the porters to fetch runoff water for the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511437705408-IP4LJLSCN9PJPM88SU0I/Karanga.jpg Blog archive - Mush balls Karanga Camp offered an excellent view to Kibo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511382424222-C797FCCA9FWCYTZ0MXCV/ball.jpg Blog archive - Mush balls Jason and Nico navigate ugali tactics. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/12/11/for-fam-trippers-fbg3x monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513019306745-UAJZVFKNPK68Q2OW3YBO/20170114_132429+copy.jpg Blog archive - For fam trippers A picture of picture on the Sea of Galilee. From our January 2017 Fam Trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513026964681-J3A874V8BO26QXUJAMZC/fam.jpg Blog archive - For fam trippers Our Fam Trips groups are small. This means we are able to truly dialogue with each other (and have a little fun too!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513030984445-O0HPPVT7O9B4W6IDQ1VN/Western+Wall.jpg Blog archive - For fam trippers Visiting the Western Wall in Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513081290126-03G8IBFB2PU7LM3WVLFR/gold+room.001.jpg Blog archive - For fam trippers First class hotels welcome you home each and every day. The Olive Tree in Jerusalem is the center for JCBS/EO activity in the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513044528250-H4QH27UBMYH1O0V7ZHX2/camel+riding.jpg Blog archive - For fam trippers Camel riding! Why not? http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/22/ugali-tunes-kyw7c monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511348089429-SM4C912DBYDB587M9S10/Jason.jpg Blog archive - Come and see, the moon is dancing Jason is the music man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511350096554-63QFWLM01HKZMJQRT24T/20170714_112659+copy.jpg Blog archive - Come and see, the moon is dancing Robert leads our merry band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511359413968-7786TWHBMJBRZ789XCB1/20170714_125120.jpg Blog archive - Come and see, the moon is dancing A Black Diamond on the sole of my shoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511358242737-KOFZ45YLTX38VXOD13Y4/20170714_112730.jpg Blog archive - Come and see, the moon is dancing Vlad, Jason, and Godfried. The speaker dangles from Jason's packstrap. Our goal looms overhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565856266959-UO04UCYD2UFZS95W7GGG/IMG_0153.jpg Blog archive - Come and see, the moon is dancing http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/19/barranco monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511398722178-J5X9HH74VTRX836XV6HE/Crossing+the+stream.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble I crossed the rivulet easily enough. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511176091947-Z4NI8ZE6F1N13FS963OG/Barranco+Wall.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble The trail switchbacks up the Barranco Wall. I shot this image on the previous afternoon as we made our way into the Barranco Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511398449094-1LNURRCZ75EOCP02W60Y/Scramble.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble Rachael and Yves on the scramble. Image by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511138056195-FS1S1BNDVPJFP7CZKPT8/IMG_20170714_083449.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble Yours truly on the wall. The line is easy to follow. Godfred was a reassuring presence, offering advice on footwork and handholds. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511288692630-DH6HPX5AYG3BKCBPQT7M/IMG_20170714_083429.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble Yves steps across "the Kissing Rock." When you see it you know how it earned its name! Rachel encourages Yves from the other side. Image by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511138490255-XP5Y3MAO9KRBDN13IU3Y/happy+on+the+wall.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble Rachael celebrates on the top of the Wall! Godfrey stands on the left in the light blue pants and orange cap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1511138664392-KWUR1XQSBNUBX5IZCK38/P1140734.JPG Blog archive - Breakfast scramble The camera lens cannot begin to capture the rugged beauty of the Barranco. Our feet as well as our emotions were higher than the clouds. This is alpine Africa at its best! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565855573373-7MB9NLSPMSG1PRCLMXS5/20190721-7683.jpg Blog archive - Breakfast scramble http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/10/29/amsterdam monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509299871555-9CTMJMT416HRKYNRKWYW/IMG_20170713_131652.jpg Blog archive - Valley of the giants We descended from Lava Tower. The trail stretched over the horizon. Photo by teammember Nico Rogers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509378266074-2ASCH5GTS2F7S81M8Q10/West+Breach.001.jpg Blog archive - Valley of the giants Modified image from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510290818246-LUG3WZ7NFTSOMXMEVFUH/stumpy.JPG Blog archive - Valley of the giants Squatty plants with bad haircuts populated the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509299831405-IBKLVGD9WCUV46AE5OU8/IMG_20170713_153215.jpg Blog archive - Valley of the giants The giants sprouted bulbous forearms like Popeye the Sailor-Man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509373714787-LMKHCWEEN6898C8OMVS6/20170713_152632.jpg Blog archive - Valley of the giants Barranco Camp came into view. The Barranco Wall rises beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565856435739-BSYRMISQ0FINZPG4ANA9/Ladies%2B1.jpg Blog archive - Valley of the giants http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/11/10/xlygok5iwid6xz0bnc9cs6navrtllg monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510528176934-YIU2DCVHMO8UYD5RNE0P/23435167_119396535500044_779624835070497961_n.jpg Blog archive - A team effort This was a reverent, quiet, and sober bunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510740643596-C662B9E2IPK59RX1H4QB/23517561_10215322220115247_564854925904318186_n.jpg Blog archive - A team effort Riding into Petra, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510527662979-0K20KKEMR1DFRNPXQ8WL/Teaching+at+Caesarea.jpg Blog archive - A team effort Teaching at Caesarea-by-the-Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510341478927-0L4E7HUPMXSVRL6FU8S7/P1150445.JPG Blog archive - A team effort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510350836120-GKPEVZFT98LZ7C635AGC/ziese+001+copy.jpg Blog archive - A team effort Group shot from the Jerusalem overlook on the Mount of Olives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510340372159-12OW2GCGIALU2W73YPT1/Anita.JPG Blog archive - A team effort Anita leads in a reflection on John the Baptist at Ein Kerem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565856784949-AH9BN0L2FA3QREQ2IJKL/IMG_1393.JPG Blog archive - A team effort http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/10/26/lava-tower monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509011038420-FAM3T9MLGPZ07225BKK4/20170713_100336.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth No lack of ammo on Kilimanjaro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509264676728-3OEXQ640PZ08CFTLNTRL/DSC00886.JPG Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth Lava Tower appears like a shark fin jutting out from the base of Kibo. Note the "notch" on Kibo directly above it. This is the infamous Western Breach. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1510290297025-MM713HZZP8WIYU3MN6KJ/to+lava+tower.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth Approaching Lava Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509011500210-K41MA7SL11CNPHH9WANZ/P1140719.JPG Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth We found ourselves on a narrow shelf between the pinnacle of Lava Tower and Kibo's Western Breach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509291760882-D4QPMX6KKARF222LG42R/Smoking+peak+4.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth The summit is just a quick scamper up the Western Breach! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509012048396-OHGDCPU14ASBZWGIGN27/Porters+keeping+warm.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth Our porters warm themselves in the sun. My man Dennis is there in the green coat and yellow pants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509012167688-FMFT9EB89PMACTYQ101D/Wilcoxon+meditating.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth Jason works to create more red blood cells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565856922638-R0KH7J25S44VL9FGTNVO/DSC_0025.jpg Blog archive - Shark fin and teeth http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/10/24/and-we-ate-it-too monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1508922229481-838XTGYIT6IUCW9DJQNV/Kandoo+flag+on+the+mess+tent.JPG Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice The Kandoo Adventures flag flying on the mess tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1508923366526-W5USPISIM42UQTCL2WJH/Maro.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice I cannot say enough good things about our Kandoo guides. Maro was the champion of encouragement, mirth, and song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1508887924413-B25MP1NE4V3UWWBCPQHN/cake.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice Paul and our guides broke into a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513017904735-5BDGIUZGHCTB1U0PCK6M/Tommy+and+cake.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice This was the best 60th birthday cake Tommy ever received! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1509036378960-IGY2GUFFGG9DKX0D0976/img_1650.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice Nico, a birthday cake, and Lava Tower. Image courtesy of Tommy Baker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1508925640942-RXNBJCS0VL3DRYANUQR7/IMG_20170712_171905.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice Yves and Nico celebrated a father-son experience (and a birthday) on the mountain. We were encouraged by their warm relationship, enriched by their French perspective, and delighted by their friendship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565857404047-0KUFFWNUXY21DR6R5PSH/DSC_0043.jpg Blog archive - And we ate it too, twice http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/10/10/acclimatizing monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507661274382-HJNIMVPDSL5ZG9OCN25Y/20170712_132609.jpg Blog archive - Acclimatizing Approaching the Lent Hills (left horizon). It rained, hailed, and snowed simultaneously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1508631379777-XCLN7JTFOSCPLIITJNW5/Moir+hut.jpg Blog archive - Acclimatizing We practically had Moir Hut Camp to ourselves. The angular profile of the Lent Hills rise on the left side of this image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507660209292-TMD4RVQ0G8KDQ819M4K2/moir+hut.001.jpg Blog archive - Acclimatizing Key places around Kibo. Note Moir Hut Camp and the Lent Hills on the northwest side of the mountain. Map courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507661598541-XWO91Y69TCYE3C0Y1938/P1140703.JPG Blog archive - Acclimatizing View from the trail into the Lent Hills back down to Moir Hut Camp (13,800 feet). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507661826515-C5S7MH936I8NJ4X5I28B/P1140707.JPG Blog archive - Acclimatizing There is still quite a bit of mountain overhead as we stand at 14,200 feet. These delicately stacked stone towers are the product of other trekkers. Robert calls them "well wishing stones." They communicate goodwill to us from those who have previously walked this path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565857545992-FJ8I5UPDSH2AXH0PQ0JS/IMG_1051.jpg Blog archive - Acclimatizing http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/28/xkcc9h780d1gct9pifgg5qutedcbqs monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506767753610-XKUJXWCT69WW7QPJIWQY/Shira+Plat.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron Map courtesy of Google Earth. Note the cone in the center of Shira's ancient caldera. Some call it Platz Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506620574651-W572N3NGQ7APNJLOBYK6/IMG_20170711_134244.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron Trekking across the caldera known as the Shira Plateau. Our noses are pointed to Kibo. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507233344321-0JPO5LA0QLQOBEN7Q5FX/Shira+cathedral.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron The rise on the horizon marks the caldera rim. Here the Shira Cathedral (or Dome) rises in the center of the picture. The narrow point to the right is the Shira Needle. Still further right and off camera is the Platzkegal. Nearer to the camera are huge igneous boulders covered in lichen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506768982460-BJ3QXSM9DRFEVWM568R8/Ernst+Platz+-+Durchbruch+einer+Schneewaechte+1897p.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron Platz illustrates a bad day in his "Durchbruch einer Schneewächte" (1897). Image found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506621079300-W3UWM043U272JP320IKA/DSC00859.JPG Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron The surface of the Shira was laid down as lava. It has a hard and evenly-weathered appearance. On the west side is it dominated by trachydolerite from Shira; on the east, the rarer rhombporphyry of Kibo. In this shot, our Kandoo team navigates a watercourse. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506622142654-VNOH0IX6A4C2Y4HZJSD7/20170712_115821.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron Varieties of "Everlastings" follow us up the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1507316257785-3GPT75K3IZ4DTQ7X1PG2/20170712_125015.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron These tiny flowers fight for life in the gravel of the Shira. I'm guessing here, but I think this delicate flower might be "Queen's Crown" or "Rose Crown" (Rhodiola rhodantha) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506621639231-L9L1TERD1G2ENB49L269/IMG_20170712_133513.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron Our ascent to Moir Hut Camp was a wet one. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565857657765-WSDWKS2LH5IWXTZEL7EX/spices.jpg Blog archive - A stone-cold cauldron http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/26/a-frosty-start monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506468039303-AGJMISTSLVB6N70UU65B/Heavy+frost+tent.jpg Blog archive - On elevating A frost fell in the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506474760476-BFS5IMPYX8YANMBJKGOS/Yves+morning+wash.jpg Blog archive - On elevating Yves does a quick morning wash with warm water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506511254148-VOPXUNX6EAYAVE38E02U/Death+zone.001.jpg Blog archive - On elevating Gradients of "altitude" and corresponding health risks. Image adapted from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506505394967-67KR1TO4XLFNU172O9TD/health+check.001.jpg Blog archive - On elevating https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506514064398-CK9O5IWZ2GBM2K1AORYH/Robert+briefing+1.JPG Blog archive - On elevating There are morning rituals on the mountain. Health checks are one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506468410150-9828A4Q9OGJ4D3FXOJCH/P1140690.JPG Blog archive - On elevating A group of porters set out across the Shira. We follow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565857753889-62MGARWQ8A5Z7C5SPJ9V/VZ+fresh+1.jpg Blog archive - On elevating http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/24/the-cia monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506335700028-LHHBHV6EVJOJTYP1YCZR/White+necked+raven+2.jpg Blog archive - The CIA White-necked ravens (Corvus albicollis) are the scavengers of the camps of Kilimanjaro. You can find them outside nearly every mess tent or kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506301261117-FMMZ5PU0BTU3J1VUDLET/Paul+in+kitchen+2.JPG Blog archive - The CIA Paul and his assistant prepare dinner in the kitchen tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506300769667-C0EVUGS45R58R083DOUX/Kitchen+stove.JPG Blog archive - The CIA Paul sautées onions on the propane stove. The floor in the kitchen is intentionally muddied to keep down the dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506300965032-UMMXMFCED6FDZMEBX6KP/Paul+cleaning+up.JPG Blog archive - The CIA A different Paul helps with the food preparation and clean-up after the evening meal. Dennis stands in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506301469042-4QLYWURKJ0R6NEDHTIM0/Admiring+the+mt+fm+camp+2.JPG Blog archive - The CIA The large black mess tent was pitched in Shira 1 Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506343381973-M5QU73AO01VSXQNQ017Y/Kili+sunset+1.jpg Blog archive - The CIA Kibo caught fire at sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565857910670-1DDXE9M2VN2W73VUD7GD/DSC_0012.jpg Blog archive - The CIA http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/21/on-the-shira monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506017937145-NA377US3OB3Y3YTRNZKO/klute%2B1.jpg Blog archive - On the shira One can see how the emissions of Kibo obscure the true nature of the Shira. Image from George Salt, The Shira Plateau of Kilimanjaro. The Geographical Journal 117/2 (Jun 1951): 150. Incidentally, it was Fritz Klute who first identified the "Schiraplateau" in print. The name stuck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506018088355-4BRM5M0LH5XE5Q7R3YB1/shira+1+camp.002.jpg Blog archive - On the shira The goal for the day is to hike up and over the Shira Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506017495485-KX1XELTE92LU4305IG87/Trail+over+Shira+Ridge.jpg Blog archive - On the shira Hills crested like rolling waves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506017014911-8J6KSEILK5OWTREA0YTW/Helichrysum+newii+2.jpg Blog archive - On the shira "Everlastings" appears all the way up to 15,000 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506017267044-TAVIH4374E65E2E37FB1/Protea+kilimanjaro+2.jpg Blog archive - On the shira The flower-head of the Protea kilimandscharica resembles an artichoke at a glance. When it opens it is beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506017710861-TWY6HRREXYLLDH0KHF36/View+to+Kili+fm+Shira+plateau+1.JPG Blog archive - On the shira View to Kibo from the western edge of the Shira Plateau. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858016336-NFDFD8IYVH10ICFTP04I/20190622_074453+2.jpg Blog archive - On the shira http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/15/up-the-shira monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506018525952-9IQ6JUF04D228S0FZRND/Hot+breakfast.jpg Blog archive - Hakuna matata Paul Peter Temba served hot breakfast in the mess tent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1506020365695-T1JD1WO3X1MY1OCEMV85/sing+2.jpeg Blog archive - Hakuna matata The Kandoo team was always ready to burst into song. Prosper Willium Mtui, in purple, claps and sings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505864377307-ITFD071TJRRRSDJRCOZE/singing.jpg Blog archive - Hakuna matata Harmonica-man in his silly hat played along with the welcome song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505820729993-J8DXE0VW9LCMUD8LLWDK/forest+yields.jpg Blog archive - Hakuna matata The montane forest yields to moorland. Photograph by teammember Nico Rogers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505957289089-1QJJP2UNYYBY8WNANLGT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hakuna matata The view opened up from the Shira Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858098675-JYKG3VWHM14Y62TJFFXB/IMG_2757%2B2.jpg Blog archive - Hakuna matata http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/3/shira monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505471354905-61BDFRW35G48MULE3KE8/Mti+Mkubwa+Camp+sign+1.jpg Blog archive - Creatures of the night The sign at Mti Mkubwa says it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505406449037-CRFBO4RNF5WQTLCV0K1Q/monkeys.001.jpg Blog archive - Creatures of the night Monkeys of Kilimanjaro. On the left, a Colobus abyssinicus with bold colors and an enviable tail. On the right, a sad faced Cercopithecus mitis. Maybe he is sad because he is nicknamed a "blue monkey" but is almost always grey! We caught sight of several of the former on the ascent. We encountered this rain-soaked fellow on the descent.The first time I heard the monkeys of Kilimanjaro I thought it was a motorcycle. You might call me a naturalist. Then again, you might not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505407341972-ORB6BAKFYRQIYGUOG68Y/Mti+Mkubwa+group.jpg Blog archive - Creatures of the night A stalwart crew ready to launch from the ranger station at Mti Mkubwa. Tommy (center) looks particularly well rested, don't you think? He should. He slept well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858222348-QV7145SJLDSET6BRCWJM/DSC_0077.jpg Blog archive - Creatures of the night http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/9/mti-mukubwa monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1505002905345-VR5D6INVHZF3XLS5A9PY/Copy+of+DSCF6348.JPG Blog archive - A hobbily start We were packed in the bus like sardines for our ride to the mountain. 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Poor guy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858304343-EO7P97A26PWCGDRZFOZF/DSC_0059.jpg Blog archive - A hobbily start http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/2/8bih63wymxmxxky3um3srafe18qwcx monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504633960522-872X5CX6R4JLHU4DUG77/N.001.jpeg Blog archive - PaperGate Modified image from Google Earth Pro. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504398772268-BL7P23H83IAAPL7SJK73/20170710_144002.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate The Shira Ridge, the remnant of Kilimanjaro's most ancient volcanic crater, dominate the horizon. Our destination was at its base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504806808226-1SFVFLN94L2WSXLUMRAB/pool+table.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate The shelter came complete with pool table. It was fairly level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504398912738-W3OALZGX4MD6NEBO82T9/Londorosi+Gate+sign.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate For those with watches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504398612510-DZJS00GYQCR3G2MXCJ45/20170710_125652.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate Robert was responsible for not only guiding us to the top of the mountain, but for managing the Kandoo Adventures staff. It shames me to say it (just a little), but our team of ten climbers was supported by a crew of 30 persons. This crew included guides, a cook, and porters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504398658130-IFRSF3J3XKSN1AQ8OB84/20170710_130501.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate After the organized shuffle, all bags were reloaded on the top of the bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858388099-ZSFZZP3GKPLTEBGDLTBU/20190721-7683.jpg Blog archive - PaperGate http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/9/8/wxjyuaz1t0fm5pahzo2v7kihnng7ca monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504917577231-0ABQOJPLF0N0J7B34MPE/843783210-Hurricane-Irma-Puerto-Rico-Damage.jpg Blog archive - Roll with god Damage in Puerto Rico. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504907169947-1OHFFI585031H8PPVWXT/14861578_G.jpg Blog archive - Roll with god All of Florida is a target. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504949278613-IN3KVOT4N0UJJP7BJZA8/Haiti_Hurricane_Irma_33483-9727e.jpg Blog archive - Roll with god A child plays in a Hatian slum in advance of Hurricane Irma. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504906590389-MOVU1ZGE5L6PJTI19C3U/rtx3f16s.jpg Blog archive - Roll with god Waves crash against the seawall in Puerto Rico on Wednesday as Hurricane Irma slams across islands in the northern Caribbean. REUTERS/Alvin Baez. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504951102797-H4LSE69OLI2YG5LEO5S3/hurricane-irma-evacuation-epa-mem-170908_12x5_992.jpg Blog archive - Roll with god Highways are jammed as at least 1.3 million Floridians are under mandatory evacuation orders ahead of Irma. 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Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/27/mnu96e4al2chb4kw7zmzlzzdl566gv monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501501437339-BI5RW9KXNV4S7HBYXL8J/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The LFMW Robert introduced himself at the Stella Maris briefing . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504350849700-QNAGK9UAGJW1MHZB2IM4/2.jpg Blog archive - The LFMW Seeing one's comrades, but not the larger environment, is always encouraged on summit night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504208528387-D9KOERB6I2Q3J9GDV468/1.001.jpg Blog archive - The LFMW The Kibo crater is the only one of Kilimanjaro's major "throats" that is still active. Sulphuric fumes creep out of its mouth and snow is unable to collect around its heated edges. While it is technically "dormant," a 2003 study suggested that molten magma bubbles up to a height of just 1,300 feet below the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504038135880-14V42EGYGXCSBRW8R0J7/Luggage+weighing+copy.jpg Blog archive - The LFMW As promised, our waterproof duffels were weighted before we loaded the bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504132881867-SA4DD83Q4FIG7URORJ0T/herder.JPG Blog archive - The LFMW A herder passes our pee stop. I assume he was Maasai. He assumed I was taking Diamox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1504132566585-S6YEEJV7UDJ3SLFVH1FM/First+view.JPG Blog archive - The LFMW Our first clear view to the mountain from the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858487260-BDJI8ZLA25RBY5QCYMJQ/DSC_0001.jpg Blog archive - The LFMW http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/8/5/ptolemaic-puzzles-part-2 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1503047436021-ULEJ8ZLF8KUKNU286NX2/Inbound.jpg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Inbound. Photo by teammember Nico Roger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501926870912-RD98MWATAIMRD6FJ40I4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Image from Athanasius Kircher's 1655 map identifying the source of the Nile in a clever cut-away view of Africa. The river flows out from under the Mountains of the Moon and through Ethiopian lakes. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1503828096231-NP6HR5N0KMRU3AKYD9RD/dMJQVV0+%281%29.jpg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Even late in the game most of Africa was unknown to the west. In this presentation of the continent published by John Cary in 1805 the contours of the coastline are well established as are select inland areas. Note however the imaginative line of mountains that march latitudinally from Africa's eastern horn to its southwestern bulge. In the west, this range is labeled the "Mountains of Kong." In the east, they become Ptolemy's "Mountains of the Moon." South of this range are "Unknown Parts." Our source for this image is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1502466829040-JYM7II9CT7Z56NNADANB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Detail from the map of John Cary, A New Map of Africa (1805). Note the "Mountains of the Moon" running through the center of the image. These marked the curtain of western knowledge up to the 19th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1502880763445-KHRIGE5CNN3P1ACYEUH0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Kili plays hide and seek with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1502925015418-9C98ARU1JFTVYVQONN4W/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) Catching up on my Claudius Ptolemy. It is madness, sheer madness, I tell you! Photograph by Vicki Ziese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1503915769858-BI1BOY3UZ0RTVC0EMNE0/Burton+and+Speke.jpg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) The East African explorations of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke are featured in the 1990 epic film "The Mountains of the Moon." It is well worth watching, if you can find it. " Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858605050-46X5ELWZ9LQ2Q6HMRK0N/IMG_1198.jpg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 2) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/27/hbqroh2fh9rlzcpyn7ejdlipt5mu8j monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501268474155-WS922FCGAYFC3PB3WX8K/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea "Stella Maris" by Lawrence Klimecki. See image here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501153640279-6E5LNTGANOMJLSG3BW4E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501153568650-S31PMASD4R1727FWI739/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea In gear up mode, we send our last wills and testaments to loved ones on the other side of the globe. The frilly curtains around the beds have practical use; they slow the blood-hunting mosquitos in an area where malaria is a serious problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501319641850-NAPP4PNPRALGWBBF8FOG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea Pilau day for the children! This image and other personal insights into life at Stella Maris can be found on the blog of Mr Terry. See his site, Mt Terry and the Watoto, here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501154655331-YALHKGLH5BTLQHLFU1KM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea The schoolhouse is positioned between the lodge and the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501154879259-9RCIPLJ2TSQOFKD10B2U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A real star of the sea A bowl of hot banana soup from the kitchen was excellent! It had the texture of split-pea, but the sweetness of banana. I can't say that I have ever experienced anything like it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858710552-FS8S33YAODPOALXHAR2M/IMG_0153.jpg Blog archive - A real star of the sea http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/26/pole-pole monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501090463520-EOKRG1G92TQO1C8T6NW3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pole pole Joshua was our meet-and-greet guy at the Kilimanjaro airport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501090528770-TBIHDYOU2K1P62WYZLFZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pole pole Street market outside Moshi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501090571966-NOAWH868YSFNH2NKVBEZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pole pole Our lodging in Moshi was quiet and comfortable. I bought journal supplies at the ApeBookshop across the street. How could I not? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501090652082-86Y5WBT0E6WGPOVW3ITX/mountain+sign Blog archive - Pole pole With the summit shrouded in cloud cover, we had to settle for this welcome sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501090716901-55FBO3LSVWIRFQDOQH7P/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pole pole Three hearty climbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858796152-XZVNOGNBG0WUWVN8NQIB/IMG_4210.jpg Blog archive - Pole pole http://www.markziese.com/stories/kilimanjaro-breakfast monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/e9aa1c5b-a1b6-4880-833e-a3a12028713e/468409275_10236996805648280_7436517564991570272_n.jpg Blog archive - Kilimanjaro breakfast - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/8/2/a-pair-of-ptolemaic-puzzles monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501668801000-3EX3COAK1PKSCATW4XXS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) Tommy disembarking at JRO. Passengers make their way on foot from stairs pushed against the plane to the airport terminal. A line forms outside the door where immigration and security officials await. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501677471290-QNVX5HWCG44Z41QPTE2D/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) Two pages of Ptolemy's Geographical Guidance translated into Latin by Jacopo d'Angelo da Scarperia, ca. 1470. Image available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501841498218-BDIFGJ4QT5RTC99TQMU6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) Map of places associated with the Indian Ocean in the Roman Period. This image may be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501847037027-4Q8AE5ADRTZJJ4UIAOZO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) A dhow sails along the East African coast. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1501865619109-CCNEURR7LFPQ9APMCGE8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) This depiction of a rhinoceros adorns the Hellenistic era Tomb of Apollophanaes at the site of Beth Guvrin (Eleuthropolis) in Israel-Palestine. It is unlikely that the artist ever saw a rhino with his own eyes, but I think he did a lovely job, don't you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858890136-QP10I8PASMHOC7LFXADT/Kilimanjaro+everlastings+1.jpg Blog archive - Ptolemaic puzzles (part 1) http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/23/72xn00gie7kb1ad60qiqit5v1m2pxo monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500798402547-WLH0GTB1G1HWJYJ77PTY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A honeymoon gift While the airport in Addis Ababa was memorable for all the wrong reasons, I found my flights on Ethiopian Air to/from there to be friendly, clean, and comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500799990903-W3MQIVSIV0XTAQIKHVVG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A honeymoon gift This graphic locates Mt Kilimanjaro (marked by the green triangle near the center) within its geological context. Kili rises on the southern end of the eastern branch of the East African Rift (in red). The eastern branch is profusely volcanic and is marked by several peaks including Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya, and Mt Meru. This illustration is drawn from a master's thesis by Stephen Hayes titled "Magmatic Evolution of the Shira Volcanics, Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania" (2004). A link to this work is available here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500799001069-9WOX1YI096FC31KEJ6TB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A honeymoon gift Kilimanjaro appeared like an island in a cotton sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565858976096-YRHL5PCYDQI6Y4WFF0Q5/IMG_1393.JPG Blog archive - A honeymoon gift http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/22/vmm86zb6fi4d27ff51jqvxnze713hj monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500718061318-1YMY5SRN3GVCGUFEJG0O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Elevated faith . . . and doubt The understory of Kilimanjaro tumbled into clouds beneath our feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500739675284-EX3RYPCD6R5YBFKJ0N1R/ChristOnMountain.jpg Blog archive - Elevated faith . . . and doubt Detail from James Tissot, "Jesus Goes Up Alone onto a Mountain to Pray" (1886−94). Brooklyn Museum. See image here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500720063072-U7KMVQXTBYNQNLSOYR7Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Elevated faith . . . and doubt Kili mountain guides Godfrey (right) and Robert (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1500729060925-AZLZBFMMISJ01AT0W8HX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Elevated faith . . . and doubt “The summit of Kilima-njaro, a snow-clad mountain in central Africa. From a sketch by the Rev. Charles New, of the Livingstone Relief Expedition." Published in The Illustrated London News, June 8, 1872, more than a decade in advance of the first successful ascent in 1889. Image taken from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565859065461-A57KOAWLTJH10NCHYT5A/Ascending+Barranco+Wall+1.jpeg Blog archive - Elevated faith . . . and doubt http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/7/7/so-sad-to-see-them-go monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1499400398592-32XA5A0YSUJM1FG33MXS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship Camel riding in the Judean desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1499400625690-0J89STAQ1ZY55C4A7W2Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship Old and young dining in style . . . in a Bedouin tent! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1499427398555-HH7GSIJD6NQ9V5W4SGTP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship Desert hospitality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1499401478483-A3X3ERV5ITSJA4VUF1F6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship Daniel and Claudia Llamas attempt a dismount. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1499422198495-AGH9YGLLFX6EN7TG0QZA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship Kevin Humphrey baptized his daughter, Ellie, in the Jordan River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565859204480-9E48SSEMHSCTR16O2JVF/spices.jpg Blog archive - An eclectic fellowship http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/6/19/wagwan monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1497869563429-JLQ6WZM5URK3RHGOU1A2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wagwan Mike (back row, right) and members of one of his classes at the Jamaica Bible Seminary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1497871163484-1QGVBH5TYVUB9LBW3VL2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wagwan The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1497869326284-79IK6BAMW3AAAYJR0WY5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wagwan Mike with his son, Jimmy, visiting Qumran, Israel. Note the hand-hewn cave behind them. This is Cave 4, perhaps the most important of the Dead Sea scroll repositories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1497871872404-IRQR01IE2LK6GRHTZZEJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wagwan In 2006 we encountered excavators in the field at Bethsaida, Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1497870224554-4BTAKCUC7H1Q6HYR2AUC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wagwan http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/5/28/aaljpg9ywtg98kr3igr3tt2lzsqznc monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1495961680685-ESZ31KZY5Y292DUNE4K8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A tidy crew Mark pours a round of Arabic coffee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1496049357425-MRY4L9WDIUN0CF106GGF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A tidy crew Hiking one of the trails at Beth Guvrin (Maresha). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1495966087128-V7H9CH6RE4BT6BVC4J3M/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A tidy crew The entourage of Donald Trump followed us and provided some interesting challenges. Not all of us were equally successful in the attempt to "discover the story" and "embrace the connection." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1496051284987-9HN30V8AW28P9I95T9RV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A tidy crew Palestinian military units closed the road in front of our hotel in Bethlehem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1496048891443-H5HCL210XQWL7WHZHX75/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A tidy crew Visiting with Tony, the finest chef in all Nazareth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565859503563-OT8ZEZR9HLCNJN35VUT4/Ladies%2B1.jpg Blog archive - A tidy crew http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/3/17/invisible-glass monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489814824093-MHI5YA8SH8275RYR9VFO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A still small thud This group keeps rolling with the punches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489814368540-68GP3J9B7MLX8BGIUGUT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A still small thud A crystal clear view to the road behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489947963936-1NJIEIIFI7XQII1CIDXP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A still small thud Just hanging out on the bus, literally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1565859668283-SF0QYSMFCEU1SVX7U10T/IMG_1393.JPG Blog archive - A still small thud http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/3/25/johnson-u-in-the-holy-land monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490462034684-CXR102BNLM7ZC4YIA5CL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land Hannah at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490461872333-MFS4ZVU2E8SVOOLAG2UE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land Daniel Overdorf shares lunch with students in Jerusalem’s Old City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490463119926-YIVXIVMZQI3PR7LAA9T3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land Kyle starts the day with some reading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490462176336-I0H9T2N2X8A4MBW9SSRI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land Jody and Stephanie Owens provided invaluable support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490461990527-2YI5JFME5SSHNV240HWY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land Lina, an Arab-Israeli, describes her ministry in Eliboun, Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1490554427248-J4G7YKAR8O87SHA31IHU/IMG_6069+2.JPG Blog archive - Johnson U in the holy land An exceptional group! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/3/15/casa-nova-but-not-giacomo monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489576213237-QGVX83E3KWQJTD3PVVKO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Casa nova, but never giacomo Mike, the ethereal receptionist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489576056268-0TGN1SEH3UQAN0SGI872/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Casa nova, but never giacomo Peter-Paul bids pilgrims to enter. Mary is on the other side of the room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489576019163-E4FHRF6TIB38KI0AXDDH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Casa nova, but never giacomo A marvelous courtyard is open to the sky inside Jerusalem's Casa Nova. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489576648092-M3XJO70P71L4Y9S3G55O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Casa nova, but never giacomo All the luxury of home in a 10 x 10. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1489576127655-TBX1O8FYZ5GRTNF6ILKV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Casa nova, but never giacomo At our continental breakfast, I was the only English speaker in the room. Naturally the Italians brought the wine. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/2/25/all-nations monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488077391001-FSF3OXEQ9S0RHSGNP9Z2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church Olive trees in the garden. Image by Robert Moses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488077489924-AGUONAMRIALILBCAVYYJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church The mood inside the Basilica is somber. Image by Robert Moses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488109392065-DF109PHEC9B8PVK643YG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church The physical context of the Church of All Nations (capped with several grey domes in center-right). The structure sits at the base of the Mt of Olives (right) facing the Kidron Valley (center) and the Old City of Jerusalem (off screen, left). Image by Mark Ziese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488107357992-4W7B7KV50Q33SGG2QYJH/medallion.jpg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church A carved medallion on a stone in the courtyard of the Church of All Nations. All Christians are welcome to this place which is held in trust by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. Image by Mark Ziese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488195873126-9NN50ZVTOONJ67J1B61J/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church The entrance to the Church of All Nations. Note the olive tree through the archway. Image by Robert Moses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488161100645-KWZX0155PJIR34LJQXMS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church The façade of the Church of All Nations. Image by Robert Moses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1488110242614-CLPTA9AUI4YSKCB8ZQE9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - All Nations: Gethsemane and the Church http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/2/12/rubber-boots monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1487068569928-0VET15VP93HB409EGCQ1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rubber boots Steve and Wendy in Hezekiah's Tunnel. There are no lights in this tunnel dug through limestone with human hands. The tunnel carried drinking water to Jerusalem's ancient inhabitants. The system still works after all these years; you walk through running water about mid-thigh deep. Shoes and lights are not provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486898843275-HSJ5I4QZHIWTX7F1ML37/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rubber boots In the car. Left to right: George, Rick, Mike, James, and me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486899070518-FSANSHZN9GDMJGXROWEX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rubber boots Me and Rick sporting our boots after a successful passage through Hezekiah's Tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486982079179-6T01ITE4VQQCXL3HHDTK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rubber boots http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/2/9/tabitha-on-the-trail monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/2/2/owdd1cms34my256kf8yn208hhzvian monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486038182559-77B0ALSQUKO8A83L5R4R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Slippers and a clothesline Somebody in Israel has a Canadian sense of humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486035264479-YDOOECFPQ5NQCQMIWMJ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Slippers and a clothesline The nylon braid strangles my finger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486035934137-XJHJ99WRE2ASKRWIG9CF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Slippers and a clothesline There is a generous amount of mud on the Jesus Trail in January. Boots and walking sticks are a good idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486036413067-JU8NGEBNGV7EOKHS1LNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Slippers and a clothesline Wet and muddy feet are a way of life on the trail in the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1486037301605-7MAMNF0619Z41KG74OI1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Slippers and a clothesline Fitkicks are thin and light. But are they durable? We'll see. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/26/7eenyaxr43gr5censc71bu4xv80mw6 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485538554485-96AFG2YRJD6YYFK8U8XC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moving from 2D to 3D The biblical world teems with life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485482535463-5RZ0K81EXUBT311V1WE7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moving from 2D to 3D The author on the summit of Mt Arbel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485482440345-9UL965L4PLLRQTJK9D9B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moving from 2D to 3D Nagivating an olive grove in Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485482620171-3TD0PIIY7FG0K0MY3F0Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moving from 2D to 3D We worked together to overcome obstacles along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485482829883-JZD9WIKA2WHGC7BZG48W/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moving from 2D to 3D http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/21/hqj8iz38stt7yeomizlvlx97p90jrx monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485081375750-AY7QZX7NZOEJXREP60CC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration Ian at water's edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485082846308-KB2FCAO11WRRNHERT0DC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration Signs call pilgrims to silent reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485084004237-X6G4S6W9JDNT9MYXGQX9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration Mark calls us together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485083024716-H0S50ZVRQUE40KWJO9UR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration The remains of a fire along the Sea of Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485083242721-N02FOB5266JXWZ12AH5H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration It is a calm day at the site associated with Peter's restoration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1485088209125-VXARET5FYRYLWVWTD5B8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Restoration http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/17/the-chandler monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484647458337-50J93XBHTTQAHQNJ5ILP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The chandler Our 2017 Fam Group at the Israel Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484647549836-B7Y5STYUUNN2WJA7TEOH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The chandler Josanne captures a moment with Steve and Dodie on the Sea of Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484648057310-BM9Q1I9IGGC2UJ3DMXNB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The chandler Taking in the view to Bethlehem. Image by Mike Kennedy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484649629061-VLK5LRZDALZESHW4W90R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The chandler Every group has its quest, for this one, sampling the best of local cusine was one of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484647692662-YBCNR5F2BOK3WBKLIQRW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The chandler Packing to leave the Angel Hotel in Bethlehem. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/12/t2sga6wboowh3byvf5kr4w2zn45uil monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484282035048-AF6H97J3HVPES91930XS/Morning+air.jpg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 A beautiful morning near Kibbutz Lavi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484448988272-LLBZVMP0M130XXU2XZ6O/Peutinger+Map.jpg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 Detail from the Peutinger Map showing the area of Galilee. The map is east-oriented, so the Mediterranean Sea is at the top. The dark circle in the middle is labeled "La(cus) tyberias," indicating the Sea of Galilee. The red lines represent Roman roads. This map was produced in 1507 but was based upon a Roman military map of the 4th century. It draws its name from its discoverer. See here to find this image and a viewer for the entire map. Our journey followed a segment of the larger Roman road network in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484367558922-NDTBRPOI4Q0LVKPM6QBJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 Portions of the trail run through urban areas. We climbed out of Nazareth under a winter sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484366894306-5C3V73769EWRD4MP1G2T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 Only occasionally did the mud get the better of us. Here, it pulled poor Tracy's shoe off! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484368287248-TZTBFGRC3CHR65FZGRYB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 Every church we visited was festively decorated in the colors of the season. Here, at the altar where tradition suggests that Mary received the announcement that she would bear a son, a model of the Christ-child is flanked by colorful poinsettias. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484450758518-IR9YWIQHDXHD4V7FIWAP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 An iconic view to sheep in an olive grove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484366195571-CQ4IOD1JLG5C7SF7NROF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus trail report, 2017 There was some good chemistry in this group. http://www.markziese.com/stories/w5nja49unhzmrwp0zo5wwo8udt9dmj monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/373daa17-b974-4ea3-ae74-f7e8402bb6d1/503514287_3125862227583102_5158429427802861635_n.jpg Blog archive - Mutabak Master - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/5/matchmaker-matchmaker- monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484103437040-SPWN8CLM2BLJTHIGCT5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker A clothes-line waltz. Movie still from"Fiddler on the Roof" (1964). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484104021963-X7EEDGVIEKFPFSPGEZXF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker A lanky lad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484078563655-0NPE9M74R63F02JX7S9N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker A Most Insightful Lecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484078642076-FM3S0YP52W6ZHF192SL1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484078703743-Y0EBL901QU60DVJG4E37/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484078806965-Y23JE0XX0NMYTSP5VHEV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484078864087-VU5LASZRIBQEZONZRF8F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker There was nothing else to do but pray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1484076885442-6FZQ5W0KZH7OG0LAP5YK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Matchmaker, matchmaker Love blossoms on the Jesus Trail. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2017/1/3/mysteries-and-moses monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1483423835658-M5Q2VWWH7D8ZI8A1Q4S4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mysteries and moses' mentor General view to the compound of Nab Shu'ayb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1483423912064-WBCTW1D47ON3K380BRHH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mysteries and moses' mentor The Druze guardians of Nabi Shu'ayb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1483424074580-A72OG94UGH0BV64OTWNF/Tomb+of+Shuayb+1.JPG Blog archive - Mysteries and moses' mentor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1483423968048-WQC50FD3IB7BR22Y8XJX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mysteries and moses' mentor The grounds are immaculate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1483424026152-3EW7GN2550JGO6JHA7SV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mysteries and moses' mentor The view from the rooftop. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/9/30/crashed monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1475255892341-U7SHDQN8AIVSLY953NAG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Crashed! The road between Ramallah and Birzeit (Palestine) winds through naked hills and valleys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1475369564418-3VKK5364NNCD1J4XUH9I/Stars+n+Bucks+7.JPG Blog archive - Crashed! Manara Square, downtown Ramallah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1475369637705-LPKXOHKCH7ZKUBSU3AYQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Crashed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1475492657591-XW1WUVKGGHJV8A9H2K8T/Scan+176.jpeg Blog archive - Crashed! Here is the old Fiat 127, as good as new! After I crashed the fruit truck (another story, another day) I bought some paint and brushed the hood by hand. It was mostly blue. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/9/23/my-hot-garish-ride monthly 0.5 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474673469871-RZM54LXU0TCBWXF39J6P/Russia_Nationalists_5745780.jpg Blog archive - My Hot Garish Ride Continentals hear the whirr of an approaching Fiat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474742571547-CNW1MRMGG3DULCOXUWGJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - My Hot Garish Ride Left: The hot garish ride was discovered sporting blue tags after our period of "ownership" was over. Right: Two of our favorite friends come for a visit. That is Yeller and Donkey Dan in the front door to our flat. Note the colorful seat covers inside the Fiat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474671635133-162YW227JJ7Z2WJQ27S3/20160923_185501.jpg Blog archive - My Hot Garish Ride http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/9/17/a-rats-tale monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474142877409-SQ4VSL7AQ8X0EQ14D7SL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale Famous duos: Indy an' Sallah, Mutt and Jeff, Kirk an' Spock, Bryce an’ me. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474143082118-F5V0F7FYT616EZP95IAK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale This hostel was our East Jerusalem "base camp." It has changed hands and seen major improvements since the summer of 1984. Still, I've erased the name to protect the innocent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474142995481-ZKY0DYUNR2MD5JA6VVWE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale The beef. Or chicken, maybe. From left to right: David Livingston, Kent Larson, Mark Gardner, and me an' Bryce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474142769085-JKUJI9MLRDZ98IUTT1B7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale He quickly regained his composure and flashed his yellow teeth. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474143033547-XKYFZE6HIWIS5BUI8R6V/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale The view to the East Jerusalem Bus Station back in the day. Ecole Biblique is to the left, behind the trees. The Damascus Gate into the Old City is straight ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1474143150581-9REA93QN7YXSLG5L4TPC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A rat's tale http://www.markziese.com/stories/weather-or-not monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472917498758-57SVC01X6VJ0OA86GN8R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Weather or not Vineyards of the Shephelah (Israel). The ruin-mound of biblical Beth-shemesh ("House of the Sun") is in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472929888479-OSDLENXVQIEEK1VJLJSB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Weather or not From left to right: A cold rain falls on Manger Square in Bethlehem, Palestine; A carpet of snow melts near Pamukkale, Turkey; Raindrops accumulate on a window looking overlooking Salah ed-Din Street, Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472991665330-EV2IEMK57K7ZK70BIKA8/3.003.jpg Blog archive - Weather or not Idealized depiction of large scale atmospheric circulation on earth. Note the location of the subtropical high-pressure belt at 30 degrees of N latitude. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472980482950-T32J1TDJKX9L4BVLZ7TW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Weather or not A map of the Mediterranean Sea with the adjacent regions and seas in Europe, Asia and Africa. Note how mountains ring the basin. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473528229265-CUG669LA7PXQKN04UC6G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Weather or not The snowcapped Aegean Blocks (Baba Dagh) rise in the sky. Note the palm trees of Pamukkale (Turkey) near our feet. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/8/29/the-left-edge monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472488742865-PB96VTMPX4TCCISOXU4I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On the left edge Working on my tan for the first day of school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472500598456-7GDRP4IB53HFIBD2QWFY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On the left edge Ezekiel on edge. The iron pan separates him from his little model of a besieged Jerusalem. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472570856032-H8QSP732A6EUBWJG0NXP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On the left edge God himself besieges Jerusalem. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472487627894-309VEIXD87CETRPHUPLD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On the left edge A Pompeii cast from the ashy excavations in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, southern Italy. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/8/20/listen-now-a-clacking monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1471781387772-91I8LK2F0ZEIF1ZQHGN3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Listen now: A clackin' I drew a breath and slipped into a void known only by God. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1471781527655-HZ7RB6VLOMBBNBTJNNTO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Listen now: A clackin' A valley of dry bones. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1471800727078-2CAHJS524S0IOBPP7L7I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Listen now: A clackin' My right foot is marked with a black "x." My right cheek curiously sports a large orange "Yes." A bandage covers a wound that follows the crease beneath my buttocks. I haven't the courage (or flexibility) to look. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/8/11/r8patr4btmhba1e64ez03w4li3msn3 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470940563342-CJ8AAZWTXB4JFFB93HR3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing It is a sobering exercise to look inside yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470920739625-GLP5CDGZMS4ZX1JUX8VI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing Carthaginian war elephants in battle. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470944309366-4MJMDQIBOCS0MUOO2Z8V/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing The second millennium BC warhorse-chariot was the equivalent of the modern jet fighter. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470953890836-25J7LFADUCYVSYVFR63S/Egyptian_chariot_Florence.JPG Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing The Egyptian war-chariot was a finely balanced and delicate piece of equipment. It was built for speed, a shooting platform for archers. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470932164246-5DV1GRRU6KWA3XR40W3T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing Note the location of the hamstring group on the horse. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470957820414-VG5L6JYXG2JZ1F9UTUEW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Houghing and uh-oh-ing The anatomy of a horse's leg. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/7/31/hamstrang monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470735282078-5FHHDRAPJ6YIAPPTFN0B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang An intrepid crew. See Mark in the raft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1470735336471-C5UQI5F7OJUWO44EYDTA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang See Mark showing off under the raft. The intrepid crew is amazed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469972397276-AHDOPW374GL6Q2CMK72Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang The Columbia River (and gorge) viewed from Chanticleer Point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469973695614-0XIWEO3IARHA5ONDCJC7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang Vicki on the glorious Columbia, the mightiest Pacific-bound river in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469988035458-LZ6375ROEHRRQNJSL7DK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang The narrator pulls back the curtain to reveal Jacob's struggle. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469982026695-GA34V4IOPI4ES1IH0VJI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hamstrang A hamstring injury is a real pain in the butt. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/7/23/v7r7976nmflxt28nbnuvwxonnjyxcw monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469284678882-ZQBHP9D0I3NE8VRE5H2N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle The tabernacle complex was simple and portable. It consisted of a tent pitched in the midst of an open courtyard. The Ark of the Covenant rested inside the tent. Outside, sacrifices were performed by priests. The camp of the people circled the complex like an army surrounding a king. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469298996706-LAF304L8RUJXWANJO964/5056009.jpg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle View to Turner, 1878. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469311973597-GKOICHT2IXIFOBBUFO99/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle Above the main entrance (now blocked) is a description: Turner Memorial Tabernacle, 1891. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469285166845-WAAVRW6WQF457BJ39OZT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469314451553-Z0LX7VQZAXAOKZEWBC7X/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle A picturesque moment in the early life of the Turner Memorial Tabernacle. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469284991516-XURD5G20U1V3TQ8SRI7Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle The tabernacle today. It wears a fresh coat of white paint and black trim. Note the missing tower on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1469507678928-IMZ0V14KMCP0GH1MAIZH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A frontier tabernacle http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/7/16/sheep-goats-of-the-sky monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468844339602-XM6ONPY0JW3O9P95LJFA/image-asset.png Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky Two members of a bachelor band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468802125201-NTC6EEOHZMKBTG31ML9P/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky Albert Bierstadt's "Bighorn Sheep," ca. 1876-1879. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468835147892-0IUP571RB8KP2S2LO16U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky The mouflon may still be found in the Bible Lands today. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468694878982-7BSV2182EIHTWBH2JVOO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky A big buck poses for us near the summit of Mt Evans.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468695332346-IS5A22FRMR2YURL21J8R/stepping+up.jpg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky The Rocky Mountain goat sheds its second coat for comfort in the summer months. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468694947825-93P4RDGJUHCNLCZZT7AC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky Kids playing king of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1468838488544-6GSHLEWOJEEV1T7Q2VG8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sheep goats of the sky While not a fan of any St. Louis team (or Los Angeles, for that matter), I must admit that the Rams have the coolest uniforms in the NFL. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/6/14/where-east-kisses-west monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1467455504603-NX5ZJE6ELVMZTUHO3KB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where east kisses west A pair of roses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1467419334288-YDKBBSGVOID7K807V2JL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where east kisses west The Cantino Planisphere shows what is known of the earth by Western Europeans at the starting line of the 16th century. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1467420327087-WHPNOX254TV7SK6FO0EW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where east kisses west Note the peninsula on the far upper left of this detail from the Cantino Planisphere. This is likely the peninsula of Florida, even though the region was not officially "discovered" until 1513. Remember the Cantino Planisphere was drawn 1502. Note also the vertical line here dividing control of the region between Castile (Spain) and Portugal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1467420984637-92X7AWTP5K0483D2B0G0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where east kisses west Jerusalem on the Cantino Planisphere. It is not drawn to scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1467466618632-GWEVBW8RQ5Y4MXFOAA0E/quadrant.jpg Blog archive - Where east kisses west Navigation tools. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/6/21/carry-your-finger-in-your-own-water-bottle monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466519919710-2B2VK4CFUTQQ3L94V7H1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle View to Lake Norman (North Carolina) from the Welcome Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466770053469-GKO3WENJU81O53APT1UK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle A Woofa instructor applies a little realism to the scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466528004529-H8ODT7NW3PMHY878D7SH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle I saw an orange stabbed, sliced, skinned, and mutilated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466519314566-N3E6QNVF2JBA4GEEU33O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle Yours truly, all concussed-like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466628189534-3VTMGNQW39AUC30HA8PK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle No silly. That is a carrot is my water bottle! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466728107645-K5NJQ87EJA4931D1R0HF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Carry your finger in your own water bottle Got the sticker! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/6/21/woofa-training monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466515102137-3P1LCLPVU6YY1C7KD39T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Woofa training Lake Norman State Park near Troutman, North Carolina, provided a beautiful setting for our course. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466611796745-8FF35YPJHKWIUIYUV33D/image-asset.png Blog archive - Woofa training Part of the course was conducted indoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466611719750-4OK014LHJ2G9USJF8UJL/image-asset.png Blog archive - Woofa training Part of the course was conducted outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1466606533719-EHFK5V3O8F2R3OW1I6YF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Woofa training These Woofas have something wrong with their heads. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/6/12/maps monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1465928384813-2PH6MKOF5DZYB968TKVY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - No dear, it's a large world after all (with apologies to esdras) A mappamundi ("world map") drawn according to the instructions of Strabo (a first century contemporary of Jesus). Note how the known world consists of a single landmass that stretches from the Iberian to the Indian peninsulas. Ideas of the classicists such as Strabo and Ptolemy continued to exert force into the medieval period. This map represents the "state of the art" when Columbus was contemplating his voyage. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1465860220489-BMPGL49KINUOKS7T4SDY/ships_of_christopher_columbus.jpg Blog archive - No dear, it's a large world after all (with apologies to esdras) Every romantic must love the illustrations of N. C. Wyeth. This is his "Ships of Christopher Columbus at sea" (1927). Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1465914274235-P90K6GQISZJJ7U8DSWU3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - No dear, it's a large world after all (with apologies to esdras) Another Wyeth. Detail from a painting titled "The Discoverers." It is part of a series that celebrates exploration by land, sea, and air. For the source, see here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/6/10/transjordan monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/5/31/the-garden-fountain monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464782765068-UHTTEO3QCKYZYDHGRBEJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464693601174-HB8BUDNM8UIUE8K38YZ5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain Would you steal the ice-chest from the back of my pickup with this guy's eyes on you? Not likely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464695748070-SQJB1LLQ5HYVSJUIVGIH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain The sign identified the place, more or less. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464700705655-KTR7NV264OSU1916TTHO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain Thomas Moran's classic "Ponce de Leon in Florida" (1878) captures thick green of live oak, vines, palmettos, and Spanish moss of Old Florida. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464714402110-I5OPR2ZRG0QGJJ07NCTG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain Lucas Cranach the Elder's "The Fountain of Youth" (1546). The fountain stands in the center of squared pool that somehow resembles a miqveh! Note the physical transformation of figures as they move from left to right. Pay no attention to the lovers in the bushes in the lower right. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464716107435-J0968I267R25X1CAYER9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain Details within Cranach's work show stained old women arriving at the fountain on litters and carts.They emerge the other side, pink and fresh. Inside the tent they dress and step out as ladies ready for courtin'. The fellas line up to greet them. These images and other mini-scenes are from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464695284750-MRM3UNNIBMBQBW3K3FUR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain This portal transported us from the parking lot of Ponce de León's Landing to the beach. Just walking over it stripped away some years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464695651609-4SHEX5QBQWAN4L13OUOC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The garden fountain View north to the Space Coast from Ponce de León's Landing spot. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/5/27/packing-for-the-jesus-trail monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464343983103-9Z8GI2O32ZYX6602DTV2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Packing for the jesus trail The spork is an underrated wilderness tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464343844988-Q3I43E1SFH6WIO16NBK9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Packing for the jesus trail Traveling the trail in the middle of the summer is quite different than traveling the trail in the middle of the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464349455850-PH4GZXJH2NRPG41RBARN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Packing for the jesus trail This is a metaphor. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464343750130-N5I810KSEF56RPPINQCM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Packing for the jesus trail A walking stick works like a trekking pole, but can be hard to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464343679654-WH5P46X6ZPD14EOZUTB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Packing for the jesus trail Capturing memories from the trail. http://www.markziese.com/stories/personal-security monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539042142-3GS3U1FPGG8ZUR16MMK9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security Muster your mustard! Picnic at the park in Banias (biblical Caesarea-Philippi), Israel-Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539153240-NLDHY0NH7CNLASTL33UN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security Keep your buttons buttoned and your zippers zipped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462552374024-EQ8EJSJ0S7JIHR5LBSKP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security One advantage of group travel is that we look out for each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539214349-3IFNK3AYWG5G6BRHXADH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security Remember that shopping is a vulnerable moment. It is fun though, especially in Istanbul's Spice Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539281438-VP6KYDN88KCT7Y4J56QE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security If you need to use the restroom, the group will certainly understand and be discreet. Nazareth Village, Israel-Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539438933-XXI9D1XEK4LJ6S95Q6Q7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security Watch your step! Surfaces are uneven. Guardrails may not be present. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1462539530658-MS1IOVMCXJ0LLBT2RIR8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Personal security The medical establishment in Israel is world-class. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/4/29/the-sheep-pass-by monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461973871043-5KFN47RSBPTJM1D3TYF8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by The Awassi or "fat tailed" sheep have been regular residents of the Bible Lands for millennia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461973565905-ZXW0TNBG87OSU25JZVO2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by The shepherd waves Marhaba! Tell Jalul's Field H is on the rise beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461973714282-GEN2AMNCLM7RNK1DOZ0W/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by Maria is a sweetheart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461973773605-WN5HJNPSRHGY1HR1FEUI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by Efrain is a natural. He looks the part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461974862639-AWQZOV9FFH1GR5M5VBSK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by Sarah left her square but not her gloves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461973814803-ADMV0QCCLX18MUQLLQKV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The sheep pass by Yours truly, with the cowboy thing going. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/1/11/walkabout-jerusalem monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2016/1/1/ticket-to-ride monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/12/20/christmastide-pilgrims monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450662855491-5L47NYUZG0H36L6ODNGF/download%2B.jpeg Blog archive - Christmastide pilgrims Kneeling before the altar that marks the traditional place where Jesus was born. This altar is located in a cave beneath the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450690981515-IW9UZZGWV9IGS2GFW0SD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Christmastide pilgrims Entrance, Kaniset el-Ruat, Church of the Shepherds. Beit Sahour, Palestine. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/12/14/progress-report monthly 0.5 2016-09-06 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/12/4/fam-trip-january-9-19-2017 monthly 0.5 2016-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1449231378091-VQFNL3521379ENO4KQAS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fam Trip, January 9-19, 2017 Enjoying pastries at the Shepherds' Field in Bethlehem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1449235041437-1OXCHZJTUZ91HIE5SG30/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fam Trip, January 9-19, 2017 Buffet dining every morning and evening. There is something here for everybody. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1449236975589-38D8424R3ZZFW2PI6L9R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fam Trip, January 9-19, 2017 The Herodium. The fortress-palace of Herod the Great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1449233443895-PCGL1U6BKBSH7NHZLS9Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fam Trip, January 9-19, 2017 Greg Marksberry and ministry leaders from First Church of Christ, Burlington, Ky. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/11/25/announcement-jesus-trail-jan-2-9-2017 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1448470006094-WHSWQXB8EX7X273U8CLG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail, Jan 3-10, 2017 Hiking the Jesus Trail in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1448471723965-JWI8BEZEGMD1U2TU44K9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail, Jan 3-10, 2017 An intrepid adventurer near the Horns of Hattin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1448471025440-DLFH9XTD5JL4CP86YIA5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail, Jan 3-10, 2017 View east to the Lower Jordan Valley. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/11/1/the-woman-who-would-be-king-apologies-to-r- monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1446375431691-DE03K29SLWQQURWRTPFB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Woman who would be King (apologies to R. K.) A deftly executed hug-dodge. Well played, Paul. Image from here. Accessed Oct 31, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1446375539726-SRDGWNETX94DA2H17HCN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Woman who would be King (apologies to R. K.) Semiramis by William Story (1872). This larger-than-life statue reclines in the Dallas Museum of Art. This image was found here. Accessed on Oct 31, 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1446375729733-MEDAJ8L46T4OPCR5E3QD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Woman who would be King (apologies to R. K.) Still from the 1963 movie, “Slave Queen of Babylon.” Yvonne Furneaux plays the role of Semiramide. Image from here. Accessed Oct 31, 2015. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/10/22/dmdoziw72gexrz2j8bmp6du1ta16rf monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445516884326-DT3YY1VN5C0RLMPD7CG1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples Henry Ossawa Tanner, “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1920). Detail from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445517089215-DRVDOZD14N1LHCANPX3F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples View to the remains of Bab edh ‘Dhra in Jordan. Tom Schaub and Walt Rast led an American team of excavators working at this site in the 1970s and early 1980s. The waters of the Dead Sea are visible on the distant edge of the plain. The hills of Judea rise beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445517157994-V0COGKICTTKLDDC07AZZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples Agartaa. “The Mythical Trees.” Detail from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445517466917-S18CWCUDWD4JTTE766TD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples Apples of Sodom growing beside the road. Note the inflated pods. They look like fat little pillows about the size of a grapefruit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445517525811-0W6BEG6EUVYKNNXHTC3Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples Cork-like branches, large oval leaves, and puffy fruit characterize this species. Note the lovely white and purple flowers opening in the lower right of the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445517632860-UXSF10TH0ZQMP95M1LUC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sodom apples I pull it apart. This one is an adolescent, too green to smoke. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/10/17/on-mermaids-and-diodorus-and-such monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078497296-HG35MF7Q1HDTGJ2K5J36/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee View to the beaches of Ashkelon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078590896-YD9Y4MJH7WOG973ESHAC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee Study-tour students play in the Mediterranean surf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078656784-9KWEEQF0K981SNYT2CF4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee View from the perimeter defenses to the center of old Ashkelon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078732574-GMLA6T0USQ2LPVNCG1YJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee I don't know why, but I feel a sudden urge for a coffee run. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078807850-KAKKI23YRCPWK47M2HMY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee Bronze coin of Gaza, Antonine [BMC 192]. Obv. Antoninus Pius, facing right, laureate. Rev. Goddess (Derceto?) wearing crescent crown standing on triton facing left, wearing long chiton. Goddess holds bird (dove?) in outstretched right hand and a tall scepter in left hand. Triton holds a cornucopia aloft. Image and description from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1445078924951-JL1NBH300XU8DURBCBTZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Mermaids and Diodorus and Coffee Franc Kavčič, “Semiramido hranijo golobi” (1810). Painting located in the National Gallery of Slovenia. Image available here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/10/10/she-was-a-man-eater monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1444471937880-H8H23E0RFLKW6TKEGX9F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - She was a Man-Eater One tough gal from the “Dance of Apis” (about 1910). Artist unknown. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1444472425084-NAVM52RD0B4XKHC4GD7D/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - She was a Man-Eater Three faces, three names for Shamiram. Original image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1444472548351-TA2HTQ0D0I2PZV8UUADS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - She was a Man-Eater If Diodorus had visited the American West, he would have loved our proud Jackalope. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1444472631592-KP6NHGQY0G9RQO6TORQJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - She was a Man-Eater Semiramis drives a mean chariot. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1444472716934-2XTYCPVB9FF7PJVRVCFS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - She was a Man-Eater Semiramis receives a messenger. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/9/30/the-martian-in-the-bible-lands-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443615126253-27OYETNQBU4TRSHK1107/The-Martian-viral-teaser.jpg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands All is not what it seems. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443613483576-W8ZQ8DE9FXGY6LSCZ3VP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands Ridley Scott’s “red planet” can be visited by means of Google Earth. It is located directly east of the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. To view, plug in these coordinates: 29 34 48 N, 35 25 23 E. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443613526409-605VXM5BJY0EXPMMCZA5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands My dear Vicki stands on the sandy floor of the Rum with the “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” to her right. This towering rock formation, weathered into vertical fingers, is one of the most distinctive landmarks in the region. No worries my love, help is a mere 140 million miles away. We won’t leave you behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443613585613-WY6UV6NPYBUQ32H8ZH21/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands Camels in the Wadi Rum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443613617205-10ANU5S4YE9CGWV64GP3/BN-KK395_0921MA_M_20150921171247.jpg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands Matt Damon receiving instructions from Ridley Scott. I don't buy it. If this were really Mars, wouldn’t they be writhing on the ground, choking on their own tongues? Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443613880190-20QD1007RIUTPJ3J0O15/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Martian in the Bible Lands Behold the true surface of Mars. I think the little guy is stuck. Thanks, NASA. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/5/2/fragile-grass monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438347818752-T262I4I8YXKGLC824XQH/fragile+grass.001.jpg Blog archive - Fragile Grass Golden hayfields, central Turkey. View from roadside near Gordion (modern Yassıhüyük), home of the legendary King Midas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438348076224-YDKU2J7YRQYJI6W3USNS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fragile Grass Barley identification of left, image from here. Wheat, on right. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438348292808-ZONBVP17R2JQ1AXWFCJL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fragile Grass Grainfields below Boğazkale (Ḫattuša), Turkey. This was once the center of the great Hittite Empire. I’m guessing that Muwatalli II ate his Wheaties on the day he stopped the northern march of Ramesses the Great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438348519824-S58AL4H2SIR4H2KI0FWA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fragile Grass Harvested fields in southern Israel. This area was once known as the "Philistine Plain." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438348671057-ED7UZDUKT9TF1ANDUBIO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fragile Grass Cereals in central Jordan. This is ancient Moabite territory. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/mediterranean-shrublands monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438707079328-JRSQTV6I643XJ3S1RRMW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mediterranean Shrublands Iconic scenes from the Heartland always include terraced fields and olive trees. The scene was drawn from the outskirts of the village of Birzeit, Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439110754369-832TH1INMHHFBQ29GQO7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mediterranean Shrublands A carob tree (Ceratonia siliquia) stands beside the hiking path known as the Jesus Trail in Galilee. Long seed pods dangle in the summer sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439111159530-NINEU3JOPUQSNM246GTP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mediterranean Shrublands Plowing in the rich terra-rossa soil of central Palestine (near Al Lubban ash Sharqiya). Note the olive orchard in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439111360465-ZRE6QCR39TSTTHJHURN0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mediterranean Shrublands Pomegranates are a yummy fruit! This tree was growing near the archaeological site of Iraq al amir in Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439111770832-9QYAHK7A5NKE1ZK3O3K9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mediterranean Shrublands Cultivated field outside of Atara, Palestine. My friend is both a herder (sheep/goat) and a farmer who is well acquainted with patterns of food production in Mediterranean shrublands. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/into-the-dark-wood monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439112962608-FK092NBLZ37RO2OVK7SU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Into the Dark Wood A needleaf forest in the the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. Trees have been an important natural resource on this Mediterranean island for millennia. In ancient times, even the plains of Cyprus were covered in forest. See Strabo’s Geography 14.6.5. Here is a link. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439113279448-R38ZUKAAY62MUMCWT5A1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Into the Dark Wood A Cyprus cedar (Cedrus brevifolia), considered by some to be a subspecies of the better-known Cedrus libani or the “cedar of Lebanon.” Cedar wood is fragrant and valuable. It was famously used by Solomon to build the Jerusalem temple. I bagged this one at an elevation of about 3,000 feet in Cedar Valley, Cyprus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439113544725-FAZ0PHONRS9EZSUNHYKN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Into the Dark Wood A stand of Aleppo pines (Pinus halepensis) near Jerash, Jordan are a reminder that great forests once covered these hills. In the Bible, this is the region of “Gilead,” a word that may describe the “hump” of a camel! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442138192433-YKF2WNLOWTAH2XMAYFQK/image-asset.png Blog archive - Into the Dark Wood The bark and leaves of the Palestinian Oak (Quercus calliprinos). Like its cousin, the Mt Tabor Oak, the Palestinian Oak is a small semi-evergreen tree. Both are gnarly and shrub-like but produce a hardwood with many uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439114151566-RNM7UPR9HTR6PQ86GXDP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Into the Dark Wood A lovely specimen of the Mt. Tabor Oak (Quercus ithaburensis). I found this one wandering far from Mt. Tabor (!), near Çanakkale, Turkey. In antiquity, this species dominated the highlands of Israel-Palestine. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/swarming-with-life monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439154771811-VOU6GFUIDD29MGGON784/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swarming with Life! Check out this big-time thug. I found him loitering outside my door in Galilee. I think he is a Predatory Katydid (Saga ornata?), an ambush-hunter who frequents the region. Good thing I saw him before he saw me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439154942032-TAHZTAJ6ABQSQ1VV6LYY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swarming with Life! Hobbled donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) in the Wadi al-Hasa, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439155083300-CEHM2IJU6EP5EC2ODARN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swarming with Life! Figs growing on a tree outside the village of Khurebeh, Jordan. Now if we had a biscuit, we could make some Newtons! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439155812702-P4JIHEEBYTYVOIWL805M/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swarming with Life! Goats on the way to a faculty meeting. Image shot out a car window near Dhiban, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439156700821-IN7JB0K95O6EEUGM24AO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swarming with Life! One doesn’t usually think of it this way, but archaeology is the study of life! Excavations at Tell Jalul, Jordan. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/imagining-ecce-homo monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439254098549-0PRRM6EOKLYWJD3SWYYL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Imagining Ecce Homo “Ecce Homo,” as imagined by the 16th century Titian (Tiziano Vecelli). Note elements contemporary with the artist’s own time such as the polearms in the center of the scene or the round white Tülbend on the head of the man on the right. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439254234882-4UIKDKPUXA0RM7OP9V1O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Imagining Ecce Homo “Ecce Homo” or “Christ Presented to the People,” by Rembrandt van Rijn (1655). Notice the stiff symmetry of the “stage,” buildings, and arches. Several versions of this drypoint have been preserved, each showing a reworking of select details of the scene. This image is from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439254508138-M7FNLQS4N94QJUCHA3D1/image-asset.png Blog archive - Imagining Ecce Homo “Ecce Homo” by Antonio Ciseri (1871). Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438944370647-1HP5IM6RMZDT03928SKU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Imagining Ecce Homo Balage Balogh’s reconstruction of “Ecce Homo,” found in James Tabor’s book, The Jesus Dynasty (2006). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/what-lies-beneath monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439539312551-0IWY0ZOADKJDAYV89NX2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - What Lies Beneath Image of the jail from here. Accessed 17 March 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439539537680-N5AA5A0BYK7E6MWBQZCR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - What Lies Beneath Note the old bars on the window (left). Poured concrete piers and the occasional I-beams stabilize the Kishle’s shell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438944651438-W4T6R8IFHB2OWXZQLH6G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - What Lies Beneath My own high-tech tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439539931410-IMY672EE9NVXEDHX11GT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - What Lies Beneath What lies beneath? Crusader-era arches are visible at left. Herodian/Hasmonean walls run out straight ahead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438944732035-R8KVWZWV3MTODXYU2XS1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - What Lies Beneath A jogging Iron Age wall (colored a fine hue of pink by me), likely built in the time of Hezekiah. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-barracks monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439900167627-9U9V0NMFOJJLLH9M52OY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks The entrance to the Tower of David Museum, a splendid 16th century monumental gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439896991819-ETP20D78CT9JCGYKMPYG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks View from the tower to the Old City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439899844731-K20F7AXV5465S8HYTAZS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks View from the tower to the flat roof of the Kishle (inside the red box) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439896864390-2DPOUORVZU6SDYWW60Z4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks On the roof of the Kishle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439896759609-F32TBKJ2Z4L6JCW0Q8HX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks View through the razor wire on the Kishle roof to the police compound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439898959162-XOI7KJ3U3F9Q84PAFD2F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks This photograph shows “Barracks Square” in 1918. Compare the facades of the perimeter buildings on right to the view of the modern police compound above. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439897419165-X5OVYEP05YR4IKYZ86TI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks Soldiers in Barracks Square on 19 March 1918. This image clearly shows the Kishle as a two story building with a tiled roof. Note its position just south of the “Tower of David.” Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439897593277-7PR94EKVHYTA85N48XKH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Barracks Prince Arthur, a son of Queen Victoria, presents medals and honors. Note the Kishle on the left. 19 March 1918. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/lost-in-lespace monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439976972665-UFU0RTW89VST1I4IY4HH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost in l'espace A new season begins. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439977245682-R9MH792VGAOKRB0JMMW0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost in l'espace Empty carousel. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/on-distractions-and-diet monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439977671571-GCPQFZK9C7DRUIDM4L0Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Distractions and Diet Signage from Khirbet Qumran. Love the lego-man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439978561533-M0GU3488WJMMN1F54EGS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Distractions and Diet Be careful when relying upon airline peanuts as a subsistence strategy. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439979290035-14KTTPI5I4U8WY1HITBN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Distractions and Diet Note how the alligator manages to balance the man carefully on the end his snout in the moment before he eats him. It is a feat of skill and daring that never fails to entertain. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438946552065-B6LDWWF1RJXUXIK622U4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - On Distractions and Diet Swampfest is right around the corner! Wee-doggies! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-jesus-trail-goes-to-brazil monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440156999971-JXDG5DFVQP2B9EKMQJPL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Jesus Trail Goes to Brazil Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/sandal-farts monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473155556052-1UISNQX27U3KR1AFVUYY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sandal Farts The dogs are happy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473154964773-4FLRTK2VEZC63WQPPF59/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sandal Farts The markings on the sole suggest the presence of Niobium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440240302887-WBXYAD1X1B1M5QBHHFE5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sandal Farts Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473155406349-JHU6KXCOQ43R5OK4PR80/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sandal Farts A whole new chapter begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440240019986-TURXB33ETSRUFVMERPCZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sandal Farts East Jerusalem shoppers check shoe bottoms for the Niobium markings. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/flock-fort-1 monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953721737-0C165GSUS10BICQ0B4Z5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 An agricultural watchtower photographed in the last century (ca. 1900-1920). Note the stair on the near side with a seated man near the top, the brush covered turret, and the arched doors leading into enclosed rooms beneath. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953757565-H5NTUS8KL7WRTARWUM11/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 Here is another old photograph, showing, as the Hebrew caption suggests, “A Watchtower from the hills of Samaria.” I believe I scanned this image from S. Hirsch’s 1933 volume titled Sheep and Goats in Palestine (Palestine Economic Society, Tel Aviv). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953790623-U1NLIO9CRKW8W8FLWGKO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 Plans and elevations of tower types in the area immediately west of Bethlehem. I culled the graphics from here and rearranged them slightly for our use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953850631-7DF15O5J1GHG5QRO6EZG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 A map illustrating the distribution of agricultural towers near the Palestinian village of Battir. Note the “sprinkles” of squares on the right hand side of the orange colored area. These are documented towers. The red dot in the center of the map is Battir. The village of Bayt Jala is located on the right edge. Bethlehem (Beyt-lahem) is just off the map to the east, Jerusalem is just off the map to the north. From here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953884778-BPZ4SKVKU0NXM1M93BK6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 The view to some of the remains at Magdala. One wonders if the site gained its name from a literal tower, or if it was simply a “splendid” place? One suggestion is that there was a tower in Magdala for drying fish, as the site was a regional center for processing catches from the Sea of Galilee. I recently visited the place and shot this image of a flag flying from from an impressive (and ancient) water tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438953925910-JJ6UQ00H7QEJ45OSKB1O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Flock Fort 1 The structures at Nazareth Village, Nazareth, include a model of an agricultural migdal, qusoor, or “watchtower.” Our groups always enjoy this stop. Photo by Matt Wickham from a 2010 CCU Study Tour. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/the-ruins-of-the-sheepfold monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954142939-ISXPPGPG84ASHEOPMC6J/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold The sign outside the entrance gate. Above the entrance is a arch bearing the words “Gloria in excelsis deo.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954186624-HH24W7AW3DS6GJAU0MPD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold View to the fountain in the center of the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954222440-JNOHADBHAVZJZX3AO4PS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold Aerial view to the site. Image taken from the Al Quds University report found here. The “wheel” shaped structure near the center of the picture is the fountain. Ruins, some covered, spread to the lower left. A modern chapel stands in the upper right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954251732-8QMVUVTHV3L3ZA3R88F9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold Plan of the monastery at Khirbet Syar el-Ghanam from The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, s.v. “Monasteries.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954280355-1JXORVO7OH3TMSVW8EVX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold The exterior of the Barluzzi chapel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954309153-EH370VUKOPSCVDIJX5LQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Ruins of the Sheepfold View to sculpture on the front of the Shepherds Field church. Image by Arely Fuentes. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-first-to-hear-the-news monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440158424853-HDJAOUB3XGIVQD7UXY12/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The First to Hear the News Panoramic view to Bayt Sahour. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954520382-RASQG3WSDHJ76C1NDB1F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The First to Hear the News Map of greater Bethlehem area showing urban build up and connecting routes. Bethlehem is in the yellow circle; Bayt Sahour is in the light blue circle. The dashed line at the top of the map represents the path of the security barrier that isolates the West Bank from Jerusalem. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440158269648-6MFWK5OW19N09AKCMS7N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The First to Hear the News Angelic announcement. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440157849104-8AUCX4EQZ9O8QCSOV6PM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The First to Hear the News The streets of Bayt Sahour are quiet in the morning hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1440157683727-X2JMIYM9JG6F9I4HX6RK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The First to Hear the News Iyyad tells how his father was born in a cave that was part of a traditional Palestinian house. It is a reminder of just how slowly lifeways change. According to tradition, Jesus was also born in a cave in Bethlehem, less than two miles upslope. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/watermelon-walls monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954753840-J0II3B6Z2EKIQJW67W5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls The front end of the ol’ 127 took a lot of shots that year. Can you see the “lady eye” stickers on the headlights? Classy? By the way, I erased the license number in case I owe somebody else some money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954823935-9453ZAZNGRGLN2XEWNYW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls Musa and Mansour in the Samman Store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954857467-MDASGW7TQV2J0PG14P2I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls Tamara, a regular customer and a longtime friend of the Samman family, examines the apples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954912812-RI1C5RP6AF5723I8BD7P/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls Mansour believes that honesty is why the Samman Store has stayed in business so long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438954955910-CU7IFIX5IP1IJNZQBHYG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls Lemonade in the raw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438955002030-0GBUVB9O79K1LXFZ5KSX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Watermelon Walls Musa, the patriarch of the Samman Store. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/old-donkey-blanket monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442573890352-Z3T3BZKZ97MCZIZHARME/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Old Donkey Blanket O Little Donkey of Bethlehem. Image taken many years ago as a slide transparency and donated to the Cincinnati Christian University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442574795606-QP4DR8GP7UZHTB6ZBSVB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Old Donkey Blanket View to the knobby “backbone” of the Heartland. I took this image while traveling between Bethlehem and Hebron back in 1984. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438955933498-3GF10SOKO9TFOGGM8AJC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Old Donkey Blanket This tiny seal made headlines recently. Found in Jerusalem, it dates to the early part of the first millennium BC. It is the smaller than a fingernail.The middle line reads, “BTLHM.” The letters are in a ancient font used near the time when the book of Ruth was written. For this image and one report of the find, look here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442573977246-PV7XA1PSRJ4KAQFF60BQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Old Donkey Blanket Pieter Lastman, “Ruth Declares her Loyalty to Naomi” (1614). Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442573733850-9VBCAIPUXQWEGFUWQGMM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Old Donkey Blanket A view to the center of Bethlehem. Image taken many years ago as a slide transparency and donated to the Cincinnati Christian University. http://www.markziese.com/stories/current-issues monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956487459-NMUBCCCZHHTBWQXDITLU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues This is not Ben Franklin, nor is there an electrical storm. But it is a fine day to fly a kite over Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate don’t you think? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956532491-Y3ROW7CP8039M9K5ANRN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues A typical electrical outlet in Jerusalem. Horrifying, no? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956578676-VCVGUQO11U5YFQF2FW97/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues There are many bad thingys going on in this picture. This was me a couple of years ago. Don’t let this be you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956615887-TL8755KO6MDKO1REA2P5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues I know it is hard to read but pressed out of the plastic on my charger is this message: “INPUT ENTRE ~ 110V-240V 50/60 Hz.” This is good news, even if you are French. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956658374-SOGFV3KIEW9H1H7KTPMO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues Plug adapter. On left, the pegs go into the “Screamer” outlet. On right, your appliance plugs in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1516450495298-4Q21FZ1BLIHN3VJ7T32Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues Apple makes “swappable” plugs for their power adapters. Why didn’t you tell me about this sooner? Apple also takes 220 volts, so I’m good to go here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956796389-XJR6RR5FZS87SNB173Q8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues Some hotels have these in the bathroom. Notice that you can flip the switch to shift from 115 V to 230 V. Notice also the plug (a 2 holer) that can take blades or pegs. Finally, notice the little man getting a shave. Nice, eh? Not every hotel will have these, though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438956831932-RDMKHSAGAXV5DWHZBOVI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Current Issues Shocking stuff. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/an-austere-idea monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969431750-99BN9BMAX8Z65WKAPC5Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Austere Idea A copy of “Balloon Girl” by Bansky. Graffiti on the inside of the Great Barrier Wall. Bethlehem, Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969498919-QYVDM0XV4SV99RHTUG05/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Austere Idea David Roberts’ presentation of Mar Saba is stunning. The monastery is perched on the edge of a yawning canyon. The Dead Sea is pictured in the distance. Roberts traveled through the Near East between 1838 and 1840. Upon his return to Scotland he transformed his sketches and memories into a series of lithographs that remain popular to this day. This lithograph was lifted from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969548213-F3S0AW3FDT7EJJN9T5Q8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Austere Idea Another David Roberts lithograph of Mar Saba. His sketch romantically portrays the canyon of the Kidron, a Jerusalem stream that winds through the wilderness and empties into the Dead Sea near Qumran. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969594023-FSEC7H69X0EHZ0DQTNT0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Austere Idea This ink and wash of the monastery of Mar Saba was done in the year 1858 by Edward Lear. His style is quite warm and distinctive, as are his nonsense poems and limericks. Who has not heard of his most famous ditty, “The Owl and the Pussycat”? The source for this painting is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969643075-JXIJSX78IJGQFZCIKHHK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Austere Idea Saint Sabbas the Sanctified as pictured on a Russian icon. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/a-neighbor-with-an-odd-letter monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438969983231-454IRWAA018ZNDNWKYYB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Neighbor with an Odd Letter An Odd Letter. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/things-that-go-boom-in-the-night monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473155952622-TDDB1CF9CC4DN2IRJM89/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Things that Go "Boom" in the Night View from my roof to the twin domes of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It rises from the midst of despoiled humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473156252126-YIQHP9L8M2NHFZCE3DVA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Things that Go "Boom" in the Night Second floor, St. Mark's Guesthouse (Old City, Jerusalem). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473156649303-6DE5Z3TSLJXI0SZGE4EX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Things that Go "Boom" in the Night Anti-rocket meets rocket overhead in Jaffa (for real, and don't ask). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473156381089-WIG98C53MB6EDF90YAI4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Things that Go "Boom" in the Night Who thought that “Hotter” would be a good brand name for a box fan? http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/falafel-chapel monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473123582814-V3ZCIDDG3AH5NMBNXXZA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Falafel Chapel Sameer’s plump oranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473123714583-Q9I6U817MQ4ATFU123ZB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Falafel Chapel The Christian Quarter Road can be quiet in the morning hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473124003089-Z7PM4SB1JBH0PU9YCM7A/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Falafel Chapel Sameer prepares his sandwich fixins.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473124221784-2NADW7RO6Q9O1N4GSZNT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Falafel Chapel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473124397878-3STFGCXDEUKONH2H31W1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Falafel Chapel A Deuteronomic-Gastronomic Plaque. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/to-the-glue-factory monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438970995194-5P9MTUPUYLITV5BFFIR4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - To the Glue Factory We checked her thoroughly. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438971116729-60NX9CINKP7RMPE0DXFG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - To the Glue Factory She slept well that night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438971218595-9M2GQ6UY2KXHR47WQXCP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - To the Glue Factory The end of the road. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/little-things monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461766687355-652DPICAQ4QQ39Y0OE9N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Little Things There are days AND THEN THERE ARE DAYS. Be prepared! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461767092631-2VLJO4KFQH8CJZCDFN5T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Little Things Little things that stay in the hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461767378194-BNT6P76DKFEV885PYMTL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Little Things A handy multitool is nice to have. This is a three dollar special I picked up somewhere. The knife is worthless, but I use it the least. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461767239033-Y3DDSI8QJOFWG3BSEHPH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Little Things Little things that go with me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461767611662-TA5YYYYLQ21KAW9EZ5JI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Little Things This is my roommate from the old dig years. Remember, for guys like Paul, it’s not dirt. It’s soil. Probably somewhere in the 10yr family on the Munsell color chart. Just like his socks. http://www.markziese.com/stories/footwear monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972669635-VRBCVU08BAC91HMBKSDH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear Unhappy feet = Unhappy travelers. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461162185257-6SBMSU6RWPICQE9JQUY1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear The trail across Tel Dan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461162392918-566F73SSZNRZKC7LVZPA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear Jerusalem’s streets are patched together from many centuries of stonework. Surfaces can be uneven, slick, and filthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461171805594-IKW5W3HD6HEFEZE7LD1R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear Moving an’ grooving in style! Nice choices. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528805215912-COOGP9LETRXIX0DYLBD2/20180612_145821.jpg Blog archive - Footwear There are two schools of thought on regular foot care. One school says powder everything. The other school says to lube it. I am a firm believer in the second. Friction causes blisters. A generous gob of petroleum jelly before you pull your socks on every morning is the best way to prevent blisters. It will feel a little squishy for the first hour of the day, but after that your feet will be happy (and, oh, so supple!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461174653918-Y3898LYY6K75EFADG9GQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear Liquid bandage is a good addition to your first aid kit. It can get you through a painful blister or a cracking heel. Of course, you shouldn't need this stuff if your shoe/sock combo is the right one for you and if you lube your feet regularly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461173768836-6NQ5PG7TTU01R8PBALIO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear Throw some cheap water shoes ($5 to $15) in your bag if you plan on getting wet. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1461174063532-MPIICHCH5JGDNB1MUAZO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Footwear One more commercial. Anti-Monkey Butt powder is the answer to many problems! Bad name. Great product. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/topside-coverings monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473122901394-QQ90OJEI9R5KEZKPA1LG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings It is easy to fall into the “fill the gap trap.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473116952039-94XMN9G8GC7OY9CZVGT7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings Besides understanding how to pack strategically, Vicki possesses extraordinary archery skills. At a Crusader-era castle in Jordan (known as Montreal, or Shobak in Arabic) she demonstrates longbow tactics. (In high school she received the Golden Feather award as well as many other praises. Now you know why.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473117363011-JI8GGDHM8OF9T5NB4LCK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings I’m not sure what Marlin and Jim are wearing here, but if Columbia Omni-freeze had been around in the 1960s, I’m sure they would have been sportin’ it. By the way, aren’t Gila Monsters poisonous? Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473121085676-NPDNZ60GZNU5MN2KFZB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings Have you tried Columbia’s Omni Freeze label on the inside? Get the Omni-wicking feature too if a sweltering summer is in your future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473121342002-06MTLFFFVX148FAB2OFF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings Three ladies looking marvelously modest on a cold winter day in Jerusalem. Note the scarfwork. Yup, that’s Vicki on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473121755824-9JE9HO2KYUN37T3I6T61/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings Jerusalem can be cool and rainy in the Spring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473122339299-4HA7Q73X28U1NFOLQCNY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Topside coverings Well . . . most of us survived those days in the field with cotton. Tell Jawa Excavations, Jordan (1991). http://www.markziese.com/stories/thinking-about-luggage monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439286104636-9R0G0U5NMVT024QSBRDO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage Trying to blend in while traveling abroad can be difficult. This is especially true in Ephesus, where people are short and dress funny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1528784122470-DNDR6T8HGSOI5OE5USU1/bags.001.jpg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage Left: No, no, no. Right: Yes, yes, yes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473116585347-J08XCCBMR2I5ELLE0DKU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage Load 'em up! Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473115601558-GNV8G8CBBFWP7787S06N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage Vintage is definitely hip, but probably not very practical. Source for image is here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438974371760-4JOJN3XS6SMO3E4FCL89/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage This 40 liter backpack is the smaller version of Lowe’s popular TT Tour 70. It will force you to downsize, yet has all the space you need for two weeks of travel. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473114774236-5NUD8ZCW2WS73YFT8NCC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Thinking about luggage Big bags are loaded in the cargo space under the bus. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/fire-in-the-hole monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442623607340-LU83YSUI5MRLLQY0G3R4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! View to Manger Square in Bethlehem, Palestine. Date unknown. Image from a private collection of slides donated to Cincinnati Christian University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438974747060-TP2N9RXZEW230V6U10PH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! The damage in the grotto. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442623918582-20Q5B2V3SJKK8BMTL2UN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! Pope Francis prays at the wall. The graffiti under his head in red letters reads “Free Palestine.” Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442624252366-KJAHVPT7JLNI8BGHK7HA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! The Bethlehem nave is swaddled in cloths. It is an ambitious facelift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438975004184-TM3GKC3CKZDY7S0EN1ZM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! Ongoing cleanup efforts. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442624661123-ZEWMS90G1F0GBQA1M6TG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire in the Hole! The altar area inside the Church of the Nativity. Image taken on the morning of the fire. Image from Ron Vance. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/where-helena-met-armenia monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442448480375-UPA01TCO8XKUXQJ9FUEQ/image-asset.png Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena Crowds gather at the entryway to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438975381286-A0GQRJRVXSB9PIFNA2W3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena Layout of the contemporary structure. The stairway and the Chapel of Helena is marked in red. The cistern, otherwise known as the Chapel of the Invention of the Cross, is marked in green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442278656299-HB08NHFMDODQXUXLK0SD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena Carved crosses along the stair walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442278995221-9TOG6YS1UUZD673VVV7G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena The Chapel of Helena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442279190628-7QA9GPZEITK1R7B8J49S/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena The Altar of Demas (left); the Altar of Helena (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442279326162-PN07DQD9NKH71O9AFPPI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena This mural on the south wall is fascinating. Note the stone church on the upper right that resembles the canopied altar structures of Helena and Demas. Several Armenian priests in black wear the peaked hat reminiscent of Mt. Ararat. Finally, in the background, the twin peaks of Greater and Lesser Ararat loom on the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438975760047-F1R06IFB6RKSM0OVNG0V/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena Detail from the mural above. I am unable to decipher the Armenian caption here, but this mural may depict the victory of Heraclius over the Sassanids and the subsequent return of the true cross to Jerusalem in AD 629. Note the cross riding behind the priests on the upper left. It continues the threaded story begun with Helena and her discovery of the true cross. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442279541467-NQJENEA2MYDNU7L7W1C3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Armenia Met Helena The Chapel of Helena, as painted by David Roberts (See here). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/rat-a-tat-tat monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976098200-CM808JD62R0XOJJP6WRA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rat-a-tat-tat The Drum Major. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976241433-IYVUAY550DKIMH37JFDO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rat-a-tat-tat The Christian Quarter, earlier in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976314855-BSMLH4KKY0EALYLBOZDK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rat-a-tat-tat Pipers piping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976360944-XGVJ3J6LX5C95MBI578U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rat-a-tat-tat Cubs on the march. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976450490-15TV32J5SSZ1C2438QFQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Rat-a-tat-tat Mary passed with a frozen smile http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/debouchery monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976781746-0U9FXZKEJGW9QGHRNG9Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Debouchery The Wadi Hamam begins gently in eastern Galilee near the village of Eilabun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438976920107-VQ0K5HEXXYD7Q23VBKXE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Debouchery The watercourse winds between brush and boulder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977001731-UEMAKPAS9QFU2XILHJ31/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Debouchery The scarps of Arbel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977060812-QLT64H3RX3F2K275KZYF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Debouchery ‘Ein Hamam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977105723-52LNTBT2PY2728VBUY59/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Debouchery Detail of the region from the PEF survey of 1870. The site of Hamam is labeled Khirbet el Wereidat and circled in red. It is positioned where the wadi opens out to the sea. I have highlighted the course of the Wadi Hamam in blue. Source is here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-valley-of-the-shadow monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977279346-NXXSK0HGZVYMJH7UY3WF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Valley of the Shadow The cemetery below Arbel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977324147-7RMHRXS7KVQBMXGML3HS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Valley of the Shadow The trail drops down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977366819-PXKC8K9STDQGKSZH3PT8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Valley of the Shadow The slaughter of the rebels. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977413433-H7F9BRYMDTS92PL41YDE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Valley of the Shadow The bottom of the valley. Cliffs rise up on either side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977462947-Y7APGXMAREAGEAD8Z1LT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Valley of the Shadow The stream of the Wadi Hamam. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/an-edgy-guy monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977563558-71RGNYGJ3QG6HKUCA0GX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Edgy Guy Pirke Avoth. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977610763-AT5F4WK7YXTJRKR15K5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Edgy Guy 1903 map of Eastern Galilee. Horns of Hattin (red), Arbella (yellow), and Magdala (blue) are circled. Note the path of the highway that passes by each of these villages. Map is from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977650546-GOYEL207FHKC2XH0E4II/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Edgy Guy View from the Sea of Galilee to the cliffs of Mt Arbel (left of center). Arbella rests on the plateau above. The Wadi Hamam yawns in the center and Mt Nitai, named after the famous teacher from the pages of Pirke Avoth, looms to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977695401-VZKIVMZQVFS25OAV82DZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Edgy Guy A late afternoon view to the Arbella synagogue. the Wadi Hamam separates the plateau of Arbel (forground) from the plateau of Nitai (background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438977765558-2HZ0EPPIW92FF8LT2RMW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - An Edgy Guy View to the entryway cut from a single stone. The modern bench sits inside it. http://www.markziese.com/stories/effective-communication monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/f27cc055-15ad-4980-9397-908452867353/491433017_3075792572590068_7518111175624752028_n.jpg Blog archive - Effective Communication - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/a-wee-wise-folk monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978038893-M52H4TN3KFLCL568F4LT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk View east into the Wadi Hamam. The northern edge of the Sea of Galilee appears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978081349-DBFI3MNMLV0R8VPP8T16/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk The sentry sounds the alarm. Our eyes lock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978126352-9SQDO6B84PBU4O0Y1FA3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk Awwww! For more factoids on the coney, see the excellent article and this image here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978170142-RGMPTMN4DLNVUFX6CLP7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk The coney of Cincinnati. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978210917-TP8IKW8FQNMY2EKOEY6E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk An old drawing of conies. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978247129-I8KS8FSYKIZV5CAWBIUI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Wee Wise Folk They sun themselves on every rock. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/so-close-so-far monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978499310-HPBZ92MXTP6U40ACI4JI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far Yours truly thumping the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978545055-7STIIESUGUOZ3D0D2LQM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far The Horns of Hattin rise out of the misty dawn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978584833-LZM3YHNLJDWOXCY1IR58/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far Nearing the summit of the Horns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978639807-HXXTZ1B42FIMF4H5SPDS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far The north end of the Sea of Galilee as seen from the Horns. I took this picture early one Spring, before the sun withered the green of Lower Galilee to hues of brown and gold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978682722-CWYB3Q36HG023DRF48EC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far A reconstruction of events. Map from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978720200-SN5DYCQAE9ZZUAY4VCCC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far Artistic reconstruction of the battle. One could label it either “Roasted Franks” or “The Crusader’s Alamo.” Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978758940-5MT9IUHC7T1H8W2Q2XDJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - So Close, So Far View to the saddle between the Horns. Here the army of Guy made its last stand. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/shemuah monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438978975621-BWNI93WNP5NXEN9E0BW6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Shemuah Pirates of Tell Jalul, Jordan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979054089-HIZPVX9KU4RJLHS4KP99/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Shemuah CCU student group in Jerusalem. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/dead-reckoning-to-the-horns monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979169330-PKMKKV9KIBHCUTH2K8HM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Dead Reckoning to the Horns The carob tree is at home in Lower Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979213191-7R4ANBMWKWV2IP881O4B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Dead Reckoning to the Horns Google Earth offers a bird’s eye view of many features in the region. The Roman road described here is found just northeast of the Golani Junction (inside yellow circle). I dead reckon my way from there toward the Horns of Hattin (inside red circle). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979255962-KSE1KXYE4HUPAXR3MFES/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Dead Reckoning to the Horns I believe this is the funniest Bugs Bunny cartoon ever. Maybe even the best cartoon ever! From “Bully for Bugs” (Warner Brothers, 1952). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979303234-ZPTXY35R03I382JVV1RP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Dead Reckoning to the Horns The rolling landscape of Lower Galilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979361021-M0F9KLXAZPJA1KMQ25QF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Dead Reckoning to the Horns The Horns of Hattin loom on the horizon. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/roads monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979457601-VTZ8T62TT5RI07YZC7LK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Roads Galilean sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979498990-DD0TY36FH3ST1Q8ULWWJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Roads Modified map from Uzi Liebner’s Settlement and History in Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine Galilee: An Archaeological Survey of the Eastern Galilee (2009). The road I seek is Liebner’s R1, highlighted in yellow. The interchange is inside the red circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979539303-CL5TK55UVTO9ZPCJ4Y3E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Roads Roman road construction, from L. A. Hamey and J. A. Hamey, Los ingenieros romanos (Madrid, 1990). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979587515-4PSW42F7PRAZ37DSGB5J/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Roads Pavers and kurb stones of the Roman road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979633348-64UFSCMOOIF1PKYNX4NN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Roads A highwayman indicates the way to Sepphoris and Ptolemais. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/down-on-the-eco-farm monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979760141-BN0T6TS7JW1L37UB9D29/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm I don’t think I know these people, but you can never be sure under all that hair. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979804564-EXSNIY5Y5QETXGOZO7U9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm My pad in the late afternoon. The dreamcatchers sway in the moving air inside the geodesic dome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979843117-R4F9BK6KJ7DD7DO35Q2F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm The scene outside. Dome on the right. A neighboring cabin on the left. Vegetable garden in the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979888160-KM92L8HZTSWGJXPANXNV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm Carob pods on the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438979945816-PGQM2S5OW1FQJNTJMJGT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm Mt Tabor rises in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980029398-I58G5FL3NERIMYV6IARW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm Avi at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980070064-0LK3UVV78H4550ZZRPK8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm Milking goats brings out the child in me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980137117-FNVEQUELPS22N699GWJ8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Down on the Eco-Farm The Jesus Trail Wall at the “Green Goat.” http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-green-goat-2 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980362960-VOA1T2HFJMUGQF9V33X5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat Galilean goats browsing on the site of Yodfat (Jotapata). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980405377-BVM0PETN9LZ8WA1LJAQ4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat Animal bones from the archaeological site. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980446779-UMSNPTIZMM1AQQVR7DGY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat Ok. This one is pretty green (or my readers will be). This poor fellow lost his head (or his body) in Jordan’s great eastern desert. Hey, anybody remember Bill Cosby’s “Chicken heart” routine? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980489718-2MBBA6C7AM8CM3JU6X3Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat Ammonite goats musing over the site of Tell Jalul, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980558914-AISD22RU3CG3J1GLYQ0H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat Entrance to the “Green Goat.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980693629-2WVF22F702U4QR08C0LB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Green Goat An eco-friendly organic (but brownish colored) “Green Goat.” http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/mcrevived monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980795737-4QSCOI5XWJOXQ8PZ6BOI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - McRevived The Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis). Image source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980842384-MNWSAVRVEI1LHIWUVUM9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - McRevived View to the new construction at the Golani Interchange in the Galilee. The McDonald’s is on the far side of the highway; my campsite, in the trees on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980901688-U13IVGX6PWU7A2LS41WZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - McRevived A McKebab combo power pak. Not my style on this day. Image source. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/monkey-butt monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450176945599-6LTY5GREKAPK5CCY8JHL/Monkey+Butt.001.jpg Blog archive - Monkey Butt It is difficult to smile when you have Monkey Butt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450176686174-U050YJKFY46IPFQ51RT2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Monkey Butt The forest behind me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450176868108-420XWP6IXAWZBJZUQGGG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Monkey Butt Detail from the late 19th century Conder-Kitchener Survey of Western Palestine. Lubya is inside the red circle, Tiberias is inside the yellow circle. The Sea of Galilee is to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450176657159-87FBT642X1F53TKAQC03/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Monkey Butt Selfie at the campsite. My face appears well-done too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1450176632698-WPJUALJCFTITWO6WTCAX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Monkey Butt Dinner of rice and soup mix. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/how-christmas-trumped-realpolitik-part-ii monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981299007-N6PEA21ER5KRHMLORYMG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - How Christmas Trumped Realpolitik--Part II Christmas cookies, image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981339137-LZQUHEHXMUY7D0A9YPBK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - How Christmas Trumped Realpolitik--Part II Rembrandt, “Belshazzar’s Feast.” About 1636-8. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981419662-SOSPPRE4HIABSJYCYKW6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - How Christmas Trumped Realpolitik--Part II Image of the Wise Men bearing gifts. This mosaic is from the New Basilica of Saint Appollinaris in Ravenna, Italy. Image from here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981466305-T1YU2MTAJI6JGVJ1KZ17/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - How Christmas Trumped Realpolitik--Part II James Tissot. “The Magi in the House of Herod.” (between 1886-1894). Brooklyn Museum. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/how-christmas-trumped-realpolitik-part monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544182649630-9BPTG8HW3MVCEFKG1M45/View+fm+road+5.JPG Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas View to the Upper Palace of the Herodyon (Arab, Jabal al-Fourdis). This complex, carrying the name of Herod himself, was constructed atop a natural mount (on right), made still higher by artificial fill. Nesting on the summit is a circular fortress offering spectacular views in all directions. Excavations on the north slope (facing the camera) have revealed the final resting place of this infamous king from the Christmas story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544182860701-LA4FEM5PUT16XY46K0MB/DCP_4982.JPG Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas The Herodyon is a great place to read a little Josephus, imagine a little geography, and think a little Christmasy. This view to the interior of the palace shows the remains of a colonnaded courtyard and the stub of the enormous east tower or “keep.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981730680-5BIMGEMO973QAP0FCF4H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas The meeting place of superpowers. 1st c. BC. Judea, the birthplace of Jesus and the domain of Herod, guarded Rome’s southeast flank. This map is a modified image from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544178953462-JPU6JCKVLHOID0S2SPT1/tumblr_o6ivd5hlzA1rukr5do1_1280.jpg Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas Despite the superior strength and numbers of the Roman army, the Parthians won the day in 53 BC. Their knowledge of the ground and the ability to move quickly gave the Parthians the victory at the battle of Carrhae. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544184302320-88PON50OE6NI3EDHYTXA/Untitled+10.001.jpg Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas This silver drachm is part of the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. It depicts King Mithridates II (ca. 124-88 BC) on the obverse. His dress and poise is very Hellenistic. On the reverse is an archer holding a bow. For more on this coin see site here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1544184954321-TSB7O305G4YZRE85UE9X/46779822_2150685291618132_5596866115000074240_n.jpg Blog archive - A Cold War at Christmas http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/a-divine-indiscretion monthly 0.5 2015-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982004578-03L5LQBWM87ZI5G3KV9A/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion Our Lady of the Milk. Metal image on the front door of the Milk Grotto entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982041309-W22D9X18VEPO53J4EZX6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion Entrance to the Milk Grotto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982084726-92SPK8XAXHQC18ZW1C5X/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion This Madonna sits above the main entrance. She is focused on her duty, undistracted by the thousands of tourists passing beneath her feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982122839-JG1RU35S7VMY75EJ0633/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion Signs for the lost in Bethlehem. Anyone need a smurf for the nursery? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982231458-SZKPJFQKDPSCKK1HI504/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion A capital flight to Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982282600-5LSK495C3CBUJA9M6ZZ8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion Another depiction. Note how all eyes and lines run to the same focal point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982331071-V4UTV8TGSRCXPUNDGPM1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion One of the cave’s fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983685068-36V1MOCGKRTPJQSAPU6C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Divine Indiscretion http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/from-plonk-to-krug monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983884832-TDLDJ2TXKNVEL6H9HLWT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - From Plonk to Krug The “Welcome to Kana” sign hangs over the main street and greets visitors in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983938290-MU3N3KZZF2VDJSY017FD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - From Plonk to Krug My Cana feast doesn’t look anything like this. But it is entertaining, no? Contrast the two female faces. The mandolin adds a nice touch. “The Marriage at Cana” is a 16th c painting by Jan Vermeyen. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983988974-H7DMC3BPB9OGGJWU7A7R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - From Plonk to Krug Kafr Canna and environs. Note a second site, uninhabited today, sharing the name Canna. The two sites are about five miles apart. Between them are two broad plains. These plains are intensively farmed at present, but were choked with marshes in antiquity. I will do more with Khirbet Canna on another day. Two thumbs up to Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984032287-7VKO5S9XE4F98B61Y0H8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - From Plonk to Krug The facade of the Franciscan Wedding Church in Kafr Canna. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/befuddled monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984156421-X3DXKWSA7ULIRTHATLNE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Befuddled Back to the crossroads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984204786-IMDHYJ243EW40QKTAL2C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Befuddled Coke in the cooler. Image source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984258295-WGBA0HXBS2LEWTWAXWPG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Befuddled View from edge of Mashhad to Kafr Canna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984299557-3A4LD93ENBA10YJMHD8A/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Befuddled The trail “under” Kafr Canna. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/antihero monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984424457-ULKE9LMNJK2QGR58CAYQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero Pieter Lastman, “Jonah and the Whale” (1621). Image source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984516786-A90S0270ZFTG1P8NB0VS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero Map to the region. Two thumbs up for Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984562957-OPVSCX1G2OR8CX5INMUY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero View back to Sepphoris from the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984615189-OPSLN4M8ZR6HUT2F7F8Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero Through the wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984660773-YR1PORZ4I93OO303G3I0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero Approaching Mashhad. Listen for barking dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984706969-QYQKYF4PG59JBB6X085F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Antihero The mosque in the center of Mashhad. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/duct-duct-sluice monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985006126-PVRNPTK2O0GEKN49FAAY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice Ol’ Blue. She is scratched and battered but is still going strong after four continents of travel in one year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985049610-7JA78G3TNXLTTY0GPXN9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice Thirsty little guys on the Serengeti. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985097743-DDAFXF3600BMW2UUGPPW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice The pine forest to the east of Sepphoris provides welcome shade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985148321-PE95QNOKXU0KV9KX6ORM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice Regional map. Note the site of Sepphoris in the upper left hand corner. The “Sepphoris Springs” just south of the site are too low to be of practical use. However springs to the southeast of the site sit above it, and were therefore tapped. For future reference, note the modern Arab village of Mashhad. Image from BAR (July/Aug, 2000: 36). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985182359-OD4MQ524DUBMPGLGPM1C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice The remains of the aqueduct are visible running through the woods immediately east of the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985215169-YSMUAQBN5U2O3K97T0BW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Duct, Duct, Sluice The path steps down between plastered walls. Water still collects here in places. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/a-frankish-fort monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985492875-K51OSAJ8VE66FKEOVQVN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort The way in. Image from here. Note how the doorframe is not symmetrical but is pieced together by recycled architectural fragments. An archer’s slit (loophole) is visible above a relieving arch that protrudes forward as a hood mould. The hood mould is ornately decorated (“gadrooned”) by radiating lines. Compare it with better executed entryway at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985535690-VW1YGWFPQXFRU43E9GHN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort The passage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985579566-51641PLV3ACKRV6TM0JV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort The south face of the fort. Note the many different sized stones used in successive rebuilding efforts. These produce a pleasing patchwork look. On the right corner of the building in this shot, the edge is rounded. The same is true of a second corner not visible here. It suggests the original structure may have had a different profile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985633394-LGK7SW2YGBUERBI14HHJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort Sarcophagi were used to anchor the corners of the fort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985698631-K6G8EN4V12IVN7DQ1V62/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort View to the Sahl al Battuf. An ancient mound (Tell Bedeiwiyeh) believed to be Hannathon from the Bible and the Amarna Letters is visible between the two water reservoirs. A fortified farmstead from the Crusader period rests atop the tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985769758-ZA4KA75R0U8F0G0D04YU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort The fort as it appeared in an 1881 publication by Conder and Kitchener. For this image and a careful description, see here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985828232-NTA9MJ6O8J9KFOGWH3S7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frankish Fort The fort is the most prominent of the remains of Sepphoris (or Suffuriyyah). Of course, there is much more to see! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/hide-and-seek-seek-and-hide monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993323928-WYGV91AVWYJMYGO0VLCP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide View to 19th c Suffuriyyah, a town on a hill. Drawing from W. M. Thompson (1859:133). Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993371041-IPQXZQU9XJV3V9QV6P5U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide View to the lower city of Sepphoris. The stone paved road through the center of the city is the decumanus, the major east-west corridor. It yields to modern asphalt on the near horizon where the cars are parked outside of the visitor’s center. The outskirts of modern Nazareth are visible on the distant horizon (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993423853-IXY0O72C55DUKY7GURWE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide View to Suffuriyyah from the south. The large structure on the top of the hill is a Crusader-era fortress. It was used as a school by the local inhabitants. Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993467812-Z5IHEOBDPIP28WL7YYBG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide Detail from a British map of 1942. The village of Suffuriyyah in red.Source. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993511136-8EQ0J5HXGEFBA4VG4Y1V/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide Google map of Sepphoris/Suffuriyyah. Excavations (light beige) are revealing the Greco-Roman period capital. Needle forest hides the “erased” history of the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993550620-TCLSKGYT9FHZWLKXM5PS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hide and Seek, Seek and Hide British map and Google map pressed together. Note how the outline of the forest matches the outline of the village. This is hardly coincidental. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/and-then-i-stopped-breathing monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985985582-DAPZC30JV1Y7TO68IX4X/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - And then I Stopped Breathing George, Mark, Greg, and some Druze fellas (right to left). Lunch spot near Caesarea Philippi. George is an affable member of the Palestinian Christian community. He used to drive limos in Washington DC, but now drives busses for George Garabedian’s Tour Company (GGC) in Jerusalem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986025287-1QOARYNWIL5NIAQG2HQ3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - And then I Stopped Breathing Large Whip Snake or Syrian Black Snake (Dolichophis jugularis asianus). This species is found across the Middle East. It can grow to a length of more than two meters, has a robust body and red pupils. It is virtually harmless, but can act aggressively (and bite) if threatened. It can also move FAST! Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986086053-EPOF59EVNAW59KKH0GK0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - And then I Stopped Breathing Palestinian viper. Never seen one of these in the wild and my goal is to maintain that perfect record. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986140647-JVZ51ZEOW13SZ8D3851Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - And then I Stopped Breathing Approaching Sepphoris. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/ribs-of-stone monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986306426-6N2XB422JN2TDCXYXWUV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ribs of Stone A view to the road less traveled. It runs south from my position in the upper reaches of the Suffuriyyah drainage basin. On the horizon, Nazareth spills over the ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986381924-A8FD5DU0AJAS6GKWNRER/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ribs of Stone View to harvested fields beside the road. Note the large bales in the distance. The valley floor is covered with colluvial sediments washed down from the hillsides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986460643-FRWV8E98GHZOUVMYZJ4I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ribs of Stone I traverse the drainage basin between Nazareth (inside the red circle) and old Suffuriyyah (inside the yellow circle). This image is a composite of two plates found in the work of the British explorers Kitchener and Conder (published in the 1880s). Old maps like these strip away some of the veneer of modernity. Check out the wonderful tool at the Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986510519-W78RDN9SKG2PRWTWM671/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ribs of Stone Farm hands at work in the cool of the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986579098-6YGNBSTWVG09FFJTB334/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ribs of Stone Sugar beets (I believe) in the foreground; an olive grove is more distant. On the horizon the road climbs toward Suffuriyyah. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/breaking-rocks-gnashing-teeth monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986701887-5QHZRYOYN8TW1W4J9GC3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Breaking Rocks, Gnashing Teeth View NW from high above Galilee. Note the new road (whitish color) being cut from Nazareth (at about 10 o’clock on the yellow circle) to the main road. Salute to Google Earth once again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986741697-E9W3H2FJI4MCSA1AN3WE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Breaking Rocks, Gnashing Teeth View to the area of Suffuriyyah (center horizon) and the gas station (left, along road). The wall of Upper Galilee rises faintly in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986777314-BLYS2P0YVD95B2LFT12O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Breaking Rocks, Gnashing Teeth I realize that prehistoric Wyoming is entirely off topic, but indulge me, please. I am quite proud of this excellent Hadrosaur fragment (from the Late Cretaceous period). The Hadrosaurs functioned as chicken in deep antiquity. Everybody ate them! And no, this is not a wishbone, it is a part of the tail structure called a chevron. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986823872-5BFK4Q42S0AXLL614PNM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Breaking Rocks, Gnashing Teeth Geological map of southwestern Galilee. Detail of online map from Geological Survey of Israel. See ftp://ftp.gsi.gov.il/250k_maps/Carmel.jpg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986862551-2J160WNO41ULP6GFLLRI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Breaking Rocks, Gnashing Teeth “Satellite” view to an Eocene earth. Note how the area of the modern Middle East is completely submerged. Sediments deposited in hoary antiquity continue to shape the contours of life today. Image from Ron Blakey, NAU Geology at http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/50moll.jpg. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/heavens-promenade monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993652115-C0YT8NUS4DL0AXQMWD95/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Heaven's Promenade Shine/Mosque of al-Nabi Sa’in at sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993690689-1AT9IRY2BPNO3RRW8VR7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Heaven's Promenade Road sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993726489-OSZA86OZMYCTD27WXMYG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Heaven's Promenade The al-Nabi Sa’in mosque (inside the green circle) overlooks the city. It is flanked by Christian institutions and peers down upon the Church of the Annunciation (inside the red circle). This shot was taken from the far side of Nazareth’s “bowl” on Mount Precipice (or Kedumim). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993775153-BURFH77WQ0P8WT0ETWYH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Heaven's Promenade This view to the proposed mosque site was shot approximately two months before Pope John Paul’s visit in the year 2000. Note the banners, flags, dome, and carpets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993821331-IZGTBFNYGC9QH30RSPFE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Heaven's Promenade A sign posted in the shadow of the Church of the Annunciation. It is a quote drawn from the Qur’an (and misused here according to my moderate Muslim friends): “Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it will never be accebted [sic] of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.” See al-Imran 3:85. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/nazareth-rise monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993966937-6EJ0Q0W3BAPNHVWV4ZQ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Nazareth Rise Our dorm room (by day) at the Fauzi Azar Inn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994006218-L5FLTE5OU4U95IDHRMZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Nazareth Rise Like a deer in the headlights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994050272-P5VK67H8WOKM48D8NWGP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Nazareth Rise A Jesus Trail Blaze. This one tells the happy wanderer that the path is turning to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994094253-0GBYFEDKL4DSHB2QHPAG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Nazareth Rise The urban trail out of Nazareth. Note the distinctively shaped hill on the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994146979-6U8LZEU0MCW0ENMN4205/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Nazareth Rise Interpretive painting of first century Nazareth. The view from the ridge. Note the distinctively shaped hill on the horizon. Illustration from Crossan and Reed, Excavating Jesus (2003). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-hic-in-nazareth monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994248477-FVM2JY24AMMMZFHXQZR6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth Nazareth, the birthplace of the unsignaled three-point U-turn. Photo from my dear friend and nearly-Nazareth resident, John Samples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994343006-71TS19JZSFIC9A0B0EEB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth View to the Basilica of the Annunciation from the courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994394113-TOHYZGS751XY2WU1YCT2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth The 1969 facade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994436585-M4K769VLODZKS0SSSLLV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth The apse of the Byzantine church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994479564-511R8UTW7BRXJCGFTUIC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth The modern altar in the cave. Note the black letters between and candles and below the altarcloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994522894-4YYIVC5ZJT825QTRD4Q1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The 'Hic' in Nazareth Sunset over the bowl. View from the Nazareth Plaza Hotel. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/a-nazareth-walkabout monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994635306-9ZICMWQ36CZAKOGJBZ7K/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout Linda discusses a structure in old Nazareth with a unique ceiling. Some say it hails from the Crusader period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994673488-OH4QKVQZ0L4DXPDN9TQ5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout Detail of the (rib-vaulted?) ceiling. Apparently the swirl in the middle has the experts scratching their heads. (However, see Y. Hirschfeld 1995: fig. 88). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994715752-DP6ME6UOMK63O27FV8YU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout Nazareth’s souq. This slide, simply labeled “Nazareth” was donated to CCU a few years ago. Credit unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994760148-6IFD1MYM4M39X3IWJ3GD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout A coffee roaster. Can an Arab village survive without coffee? I don’t think so! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994800306-UUNOCUZ88U7FQHQ90KUJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout Modern carpenters of Nazareth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994837371-RG937BLR8H4A7PXMJNLZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout Grain processing in the family-owned el-Babour Mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994897832-X0TZ6MJY6SMBV785AC37/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Nazareth Walkabout A wall of kurkar. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/a-story-with-windows monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439020723551-101Y06E7B5MPCHUHYCEI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows Outside the reception area of the Fauzi Azar Inn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439020770139-EY1TUN2WGUPAHYV14U70/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows Suraida tells her story. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439020979984-4J55JDFOF6RU5646FM4B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows Detail of some of the painted decoration under the balcony’s eave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439021015363-577RO63ZYK8PMMZUO9ZL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows View from the balcony at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439021052715-G7I5OC59KVXWZP90BEOL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows View to the central courtyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439021106756-7CVSVISRHWGZXO8UCZ89/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Story with Windows The Inn is nestled in the old city. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/jesus-trail monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438942387145-FGUW10FEXUKF4W0NBU7V/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail Modern Nazareth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438942421191-4SKAR8QNCJG3BSSTO7KD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail My slightly worn copy of Hiking the Jesus Trail. It is even more worn today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438942493180-92BVJ8KW8W69RC521I80/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail Everything goes in here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438942549777-I2EQ3BTXPQ99FTLGSGWG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail Afoot in Nazareth's Old City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438942589525-M4CX4J7IZ71OTSVZXI2E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Jesus Trail Forget the map and the GPS; just follow the signs posted overhead. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/the-nimble-finger-eater-and-other-ghanaian-wheels-i-have-known monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442054820787-09K0S58OOGOIW9D6ZZDG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known Ghana’s roadways are tough. In the rainy season, roads become rivers of mud. The good news is that the water hides the potholes. The bad news is that the water hides the potholes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442055045127-MCMNNVRUSA16ZPL4BV2E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known Joyriding through the village of Gulubi with James. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442055199490-HAWSXA6F447MEYVAOX2Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known Squealing-Jeep is quiet when resting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442055382591-MEIOGKI6OEUT4QZA2ZNG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known At one point I counted ten people working to fix LOtC. It was an unsuccessful attempt at resuscitation-by-committee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442055782150-B5XAHXO6AYR2T6GF3DAT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known The Nimble Finger-Eater proved useful in helping to move us, as well as local people and their stuff in difficult places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442055925178-LW2AYWN1UYSK3BCI2KA0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Nimble Finger-Eater and other Ghanaian Wheels I have Known The Nimble Finger-eater in need of a bath. The muzzle in front is useful when doing tricks. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/noble-ghanaians monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442056488609-NCALA1KATI6FOEGPJ3YK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Edem thinks about launching a canon ball at Cape Coast Castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442056719538-VNE3RW78XH6ZJ0DJDWAJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Isaac speaks to a gathering of believers in Pulgnando. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442057061044-CGYWA021EPFKZVIO6VQS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Francis (white shirt) and local children of Salaga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442057375853-N9ZENK8KS16ZWEER8ZMW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians James and his Survey of OT Prophetic Literature class. James is at the front on the far right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442057661161-T6NF3S93WEAG2WDBP6SH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Pastor Philip (on left) helping distribute clothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442061101474-GF8TRGHH1AKY9RX8INAW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Austin and Amanda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442061524541-WY4A0HN6EK8ZG6028VKI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Noble Ghanaians Andrew and the Abeka Christian Church. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/signs-of-faith monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441793847484-8C9ADM5YQO0UW9DOYOEL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Signs of Faith Ghana at 100 km/h. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441793992039-Q751WWI218Q29DJ5IB21/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Signs of Faith I’m not sure what is being marketed here, but I appreciate the thought put on the front porch. “God’s Time is the best.” However, since I live in “Who Dey” country (if you are not from Cincinnati, don’t worry about this), I’m at a loss to explain the “God Dey” piece on the side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441794093904-0SSZS1UJASSTKQP7VL3U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Signs of Faith Study this sign carefully. There will be a test at the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441794318804-4ICCNEK7P4VAWY9UK350/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Signs of Faith This is the one I am talking about now. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/reptiles-with-attitudes-and-dna-trails monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441794719348-4861FB6HLZIS7X9Z9991/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) Basking in the African sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795145886-2WY5QU6ET8TC90QFA8E7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) Smiling for the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795932133-V1VY9ZROTQZOAN5CP3V8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) An eatery for all, a swim-hole for some. Since I somehow neglected to shoot this shot myself, I borrowed one from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795254191-6KVLUL5RWQIZR2O9J6A1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) A croc dreams under the snooker table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795381538-D9E0ROSBMGIC69XUHP1R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) A waitress assures me that this croc is a good chap. How can she know? Am I really that gullible? Note the other tourists (behind the wall) marveling at my bravery. They are all Buckeye fans; they think they are so smart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441796523134-WG368YU1F9QO0C661UKX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) Sobek and Hathor depicted on the Kom Ombo Temple, Egypt. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795534239-U226CMWTS2PBFK2EG7T8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) The croc-whisperer works his magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441795662184-ETTPQ3KC8PXADR29WA8C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Reptiles with Attitudes (and DNA Trails) I am humbled, yet again. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/ambrosia-over-apocalyptic monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441840814784-84FA62EGGVR1TVWAQM7C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Cocoa pods for sale in West Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441841157251-B282FHYU54KI5VS78HPJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic James secretly brings along his own refreshment: cocoa power mixed in water. In the bottle, it bears an uncanny resemblance to the Volta River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441841386797-IJCS14QXKS1P4Y9LJ2XM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Our little cocoa expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441841569300-YCVK652Y4K6B0J9DEDQJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Our friendly pod picker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441841688397-7ZZHY5LCEDSDL8V29ZL8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic The tree has several large pods affixed directly to its trunk. They look like fat pointy cucumbers, six to eight inches long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441842031711-BYJ9HBC2Y056C4FD2G0W/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Elsewhere, we note the flowers (right) that grow into pods (left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441842213136-5WBLDGR1UF7BN8W1S4IL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Snow white cocoa beans in the pod. Each bean has a parchment-like covering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441842574047-ZO8UFK3D8MPBHHRACTGY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ambrosia over Apocalyptic Cuckoo for cocoa. James on left, Edem on right. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/swinging-in-the-rainforest monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441963605711-YB5ZBZPLVMOG4POMV5I3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) The rainforest of coastal Ghana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439040608400-F1R94XZHTUCHYTAAAOZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) Map. Thanks to Google Earth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441963739536-07C10RJFLE6IAUBCX12E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) An ant highway crosses the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441963848956-NICRU4F9UX7CSNB9GJF2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) The boardwalk is narrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441963977607-WFOPTFWXEQZOKFZBHA8X/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) A highway strung from the tree tops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441964154181-0JLZLKUB27GD8E8471RZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) The highway of imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441964254590-BB7VNYUSG0C99OQCC46G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Swinging in the Rain(forest) Swinging in the rain(forest). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/the-door-of-no-return monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441964488488-OPJRP9X68QXJNQP849FT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return The tunnel leads from the dungeons to the harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441964650560-BKYNUOLUF9J6ZMQBPG6B/image-asset.gif Blog archive - The Door of No Return Drawing of the harbor at Cape Coast Castle. Image from C. F. Dow, Slave Ships and Slaving (1970: 2). Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439041471966-1VL76MZ0YYPJWFSIB2YH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return The triangular trade of the 17th century. Image modified from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441965016128-AF6N1778L2XL10HKXZBW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return Map of West Africa from 1736. Image posted here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441965577319-2PK6Q3MMUSWCS9C8D8C2/image-asset.png Blog archive - The Door of No Return Mark leads us to the men’s dungeon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441965195829-YOFZYR74PMJTTCVQUKYO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return The batteries rest above the dungeons and tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441965711727-R9EAHSGCG6UPRABBE6LH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return The Cape Coast Beach is full of the activities, colors, and smell of fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441966006988-EXIFY2ZU4LU5A5GW7NKB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Door of No Return I remember the first months of the presidency of Barack Obama. He received flack from conservatives for daring to make apologies for deeds past. At the time, I paid little attention. I felt I had better things to do. I am ashamed of my thinking today. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/a-church-tour monthly 0.5 2015-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439041935940-AHDA73L3FXSVOQ2O4EXJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour A traditional village in northern Ghana. Homes are constructed of mud and thatch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439041995899-WYJAI1490KE0M7MSB92Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour Map of a few places mentioned here, hat tip to Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042045296-9EL2BHFCQ4NMD5BUVEDB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour James, Austin, Isaac, and our loaded truck (right to left). Even a major highway like this one can be challenging in the rainy season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042128890-K595P1U837GKOKLG1K5Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour An open air “school house” of three “rooms” managed by one teacher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042186931-SIPAF8S33S2HFHAWFPRK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour At every stop we are greeted by drumming, singing, dancing, and praying. It is dynamic! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042236769-CQFO47O217WDTSJ4RSBT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour Preaching an evening meeting in Gulubi. Never in my life have I been so hot and buggy! All my texts are marked with squished mosquito carcasses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042331942-D0S4BILCHM3BQC9S3T5D/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour Isaac speaks to a gathering in Pulgnado. We are welcomed by the village elders (sitting just beyond Isaac). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042377678-5973XUH3PUQ3FMPIORKA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour Give and you will receive. We give a bike but gain a goat. The goat rides in the truck for the rest of the journey. He tries to commit suicide only once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439042431707-295CPT2XE1V36CLGH3Q3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Church Tour Kids in Gulubi. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/the-african-bush-elephant monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442052611019-U8T1N5QRCE6NOOS2EZEK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant The tracks of an African bush elephant! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442052814007-O0NFHWLH5IGJ0IZY5GZ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant Our first view to an elephant in the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442052964283-ALO5IXCFCGEGLQ18CZPV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant I look for wrinkles. I see that this one only has one tusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442053109860-7V5YOMWJV4PHILUSLX49/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant The smaller elephant digs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442053315269-G99A1NR6CFMOZS78GH7W/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant James, our driver extraordinaire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442053453475-JD8W65V5IXJPCISB0FKA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The African Bush Elephant View from the summit. The elephants return to the water. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/moses-in-the-wilderness monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442053631202-Y2JJGFUWWTHQYQXO7PNF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness A bluff overlooking the Mole River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442053824829-E2CO3SPHFWI6KL85TKK4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness I ride in the back of our truck with Austin, a dear friend and former student. We look for elephants, try to hang on, and clown just a little. James, Amanda and Isaac ride in the cab. Moses rides shotgun in the truest sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442054501739-X6JJ403H6GUJMTJDRYO2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness Following Moses into the wilderness. Our Moses has dispensed with the wooden staff. He packs a bolt-action antique (.357 caliber?). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442054049366-5DYAB6TA0B33UQJJC09I/image-asset.png Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness Greek combatants in an armored turret on an Indian war elephant. A phalera of the 3rd-2nd century BC. Hermitage Museum, Russia. From wikipedia.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442054305654-86VLZW8G5HOHI1UWBFCR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness Isaac and elephant bones on display at the Visitor’s Center. Note the nasal cavity in the center of the “forehead.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442054645347-YD2XV2NT4QQIEGGBV5HS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Moses in the Wilderness The evacuation of an African bush elephant. Black boot, size 8 (for scale). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/africas-lumpy-head monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439044955809-GE77P3MGC4V8A99GAA8C/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head The North Coast of Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441749527321-G3SGLTJA6U4R6HLNJ5EY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head Skirting the boot of Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441749672191-M6ZRKD1HOJJF2UWSN1PC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head Peering south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441749906470-U2BFIVRFDIC9HUNAGAIC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head Africa’s lumpy head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442063309452-BD99DLO3HXZPAWAJZOCU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head Ancient Libyans depicted in Egyptian art. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441750313502-0JUYD8CLKG8MT2R6JJAK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head A vast desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441750569193-ZAGYI620N5QP6XW0RWEB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Africa's Lumpy Head The middle of the Sahara. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/5/the-charming-man monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439045834183-LFEI0D61HLYQDF4J2HI3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Charming Man The Charming Man’s room is upstairs on a backstreet in East Jerusalem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439045886159-I1YAZNDI9VOQLR2VJA6I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Charming Man Detail of the Charming Man’s sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439045934894-2Y07RZYZIENT18QA23U2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Charming Man A photo opportunity before the Charming Man begins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439045978266-30TEC99QAWZAL75FO84T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Charming Man The Charming Man and the Orange Drink Boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439046033144-MY71VRI11T8TR4CZE60U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Charming Man Two Charming Guys http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/he-was-slingshot monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441874669854-OCJS4JA9Z3K5B885ZYDP/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - He Was Slingshot Two columns rise from Urfa’s citadel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441874253152-EUP2ACA23TSEKA5RR6L8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - He Was Slingshot The mosque, the Dergah, and modern Urfa unfolds below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441874697543-2HPP78IV7VKFHB0E2YGJ/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - He Was Slingshot View from the Dergah to the citadel and the twin columns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441874869582-D4PWE4VDZDCID56FTI74/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - He Was Slingshot Balıklıgöl is one of the the pools in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441875083916-VLLX99T87WMT34C1SOO5/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - He Was Slingshot Zelîha-Gölu is a beautiful place to dine or paddle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1441875316640-RYGDZYMCUBWJOT2VPBZP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - He Was Slingshot Holy carp! http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/urfas-dergah monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442079230444-G4FT0C0CZ7I9HW96NY3Z/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - Urfa's Dergah The promenade. This pond is called Balıklıgöl, or “fish lake,” in Turkish. It is connected to local legends about the patriarch Abraham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442080904516-K7KBJL0FGS8ASNQHHWFT/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - Urfa's Dergah I know. I know. It is Jim Burns' imaginative presentation of Gilgamesh the king. But certainly Nimrod ("the proud") would have liked to be remembered like this. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442079405043-R3NUSZA780KUW7ASJVKK/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - Urfa's Dergah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442079710213-Z0CVX0HKD4LTSEVB0G1F/markziese%40gmail.com Blog archive - Urfa's Dergah Keith inside the “Cave of Abraham.” http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/pat-a-cake-pat-a-cake monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439046789256-CLMJHA1NPN3F729682QB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake Goats in Haran. Note the traditional “beehive” shaped houses on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442100475231-BDGSGWZGS17FECF6S2CL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake An enormous mound outside the door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442100723155-U4KLA5X1TFACN32TXWTC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake Dung patties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442100949505-7NM6S51YGG88K5T9OYEL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake A house in Çevirme. The snowy peak of Agri Dagi, traditional Mt Ararat, rises in the distance. Dung-cakes are arranged on a wall in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442101373882-VL49ZU2LBC87ATCE5FZ3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake Summer encampment for a herding family. Note the dung cakes arranged on rocks on the edge of the camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442101724603-O876XNYP63070K7U8NKA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake A dung-fired bread oven near Madaba, Jordan. The flatbread is cooked on smooth, clean stones. Outside the oven is smoldering dung. The circular metal lid in the back will cover the access hole once the flatbread is flipped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442136417016-OEWTWKN82SCATKUX07ZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake A dung-fired pottery kiln in central Palestine. The firebox is on the right. Sacks of dried dung line the walls. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/abrahams-home monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442529609236-7ACER7HHQKKL7CR3127D/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Abraham's Home The central courtyard of a “display home” in Haran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442529955084-CH4DAFWU79CNN3ZFNJJ5/image-asset.png Blog archive - Abraham's Home A passage between rooms. Men are sleeping on the floor just beyond. The walls are thick, creamy, and colorfully decorated. It is surprisingly clean inside this house of earth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442530160097-45G1TODJH8S9I22SY292/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Abraham's Home Another domestic compound in modern Haran. Note the water reservoir and red solar panel near the beehive roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442969203660-IGE79Q5YHFHRCL0772UW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Abraham's Home A cluster of beehive homes in Moselmeih, northern Syria. 20th century image from the Matson Collection. See here for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442530489647-TF9JTP5SPKU3F9VDQYKR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Abraham's Home The boys sip apple tea, the ubiquitous drink of Turkey. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/hot-camel-flies monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442969800701-JUERJEVXPYDSMHR9BWSA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies Camels of Haran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442998783992-AZ5P19WBPB6RX42HIH6Z/image-asset.png Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies The corner of the mound of Haran (right). The smaller circle on the left encloses Yakub Kuyusu, or the “Well of Jacob.” Image from Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442999032450-3FFE5INR2DMUDHEGEG2O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies View through a chain-link fence to a recently excavated area of Haran. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442999546893-CWK1PSTPHCU3ZYG5VT9H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies The Roman army suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of the Parthians at Carrhae. This depiction of the Parthian cavalry is found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443000051864-UCR9T4ZC9OZBYHEOQ5AS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies Local boys meet us at the gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443000234268-GIZF3LXL52Q4NZ6FOIR5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies Peering down the well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443000591775-JF9JMJS11SVID5PY5MUW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Hot Camel Flies Tanner and the camels. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/4/a-provincial-place monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048079913-MVSAND93ZJ6U1GIY868Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place View to Sultantepe from the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048145672-SS9U7RGFSHLS1BGK96P0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place The border region between Turkey and Syria. Note the path of the Euphrates River on the left, including Lake Al-Asad (south of Kargamiş or Carchemish). Note also the Al-Balīkh drainage system that extends from Şanlıurfa in modern Turkey to Ar-Raqqah in modern Syria. From north to south the system is about 80 miles long. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048211575-LRTNK82HF55H2Z4LIO45/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place The Al-Balīkh basin is heavily canalized. The water extends farming opportunities in this chronically poor region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048251549-H3Q4PMU0C62CO66QICFH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place We enter the village. The mound rises behind the houses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048291225-KK4YXYLIQDHIBR8G634T/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place Tanner, Keith, and the village kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048449896-XQ3DIG5BPNE6X59RXLDB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place Taking levels. From Anatolian Studies 3 (1953): Plate III. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439048615627-4E5CWSV5G0468HPZC1PB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Provincial Place The top plan of Sultantepe. From Anatolian Studies 3 (1953): 29. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/a-museum-of-the-almighty monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442308411070-TWEVK77SPBTJEJJYT2EI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Museum of the Almighty The saints look down from above. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442308678550-R82B3L5CVFKFIQJWDX6N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Museum of the Almighty View to dome from the interior. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442308960272-UVABCFRMM7WQ1F473RTR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Museum of the Almighty Inside the Church of the Holy Cross. We marvel at the artistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442309159592-14ZXNE5AYLUSQE4NKUKP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Museum of the Almighty Scenes from the Gospel story. On the left, Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. On right, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/manuels-labor monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442332529060-6QK0ESWL5Y7GRHLMKOEO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Manuel's Labor Two views to the exterior of the Church of the Holy Cross pictured more than a century ago. From Lynch (1901: Fig 142 left and Fig 141 right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442332664596-0KUEN0PRL6EA69VO77P2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Manuel's Labor Top plan, from Mnats’akanian (1986: 13). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442332806017-FFZYVWUZJEZKYS54X2IF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Manuel's Labor The Jonah story. The naked Jonah goes overboard on the left. The beast coughs him up in the middle and he journeys to Nineveh. On the right, he reclines under a tree and awaits the judgment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442333636261-1VCVI3FKIMBWL7WZQP7N/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Manuel's Labor Panel after panel tell the Biblical-Armenian story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442333378253-5K53AAW4L82VIJDU1MS1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Manuel's Labor King Gagik pictured on the Western facade of the Church of the Holy Cross. Image from Mnas’akanian (1986: plate 2). Donor portraits are often found on medieval Armenian churches. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/the-island-of-imagination monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442405755753-CP5DD73OMM57IHI6EM01/image-asset.png Blog archive - The Island of Imagination The location of Armenia and its neighbors in the year 1000. Lake Van is in the center of the image. This map may be found here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442335131917-0QNQ3NWFUYTM9MW8HRGV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Island of Imagination Drawing of the island showing the church complex in the SE corner. Image from Step'an Mnatsakanian, The Church of the Holy Cross (1965). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442334606497-25JQ616RJCTK2J5XN4YU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Island of Imagination Lake Van laps at the westernmost corner of Aghtamar island. Image by H. F. B. Lynch, a late 19th century explorer of the region (1901: Fig. 140). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442334851077-LNTDYTPRD3YJ68BYMS46/image-asset.png Blog archive - The Island of Imagination View from Aghtamar Island back to the mainland. Yes, they are almond trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442333152100-6DT55GWNMN5A5G7ZI9J5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Island of Imagination View to the island, the dock, and what is left of the church complex. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/agh-tamar monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442401054812-NASJONGKRBPSL0L3E5LT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Agh Tamar! Our boat plows toward Aghtamar Island. It would be very long swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442403587167-2RCSC51J61L1VQOCIEW7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Agh Tamar! Akdamar Island is located in the SE corner of Lake Van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442402581114-HP3X3RNN3BNG3GYHRDFY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Agh Tamar! Tommy and Alcan . . . expressive and nautical, perhaps? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442403037340-69V9YN8Z3MK1VY233O6G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Agh Tamar! View to Aghtamar Island published by John Ussher in his A Journey from London to Persepolis; Including Wanderings in Daghestan, Georgia, Armenia (1865). Image from here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/robinsons-arch-jerusalem monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2648c0c8-1cc8-42f6-abfc-50d8de626566/491589849_955539904124_1486826898959511380_n.jpg Blog archive - Touring with Cincinnati Christian University - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/baghdadis-oriental-bookshop monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438971821214-RF1MJK8H1FBB9FVQ32FG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Baghdadi's Oriental Bookshop What remains on top of the display case. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438971947708-PKB21FALI3OLO1Z8MND1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Baghdadi's Oriental Bookshop Abdallah in front of the Oriental Bookshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972000880-KCJ2V98Q438T5ZRA4D4F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Baghdadi's Oriental Bookshop Tim shops for an olive wood figurine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972047910-OJDSJ89BTMEJYUT3DQIH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Baghdadi's Oriental Bookshop The shelves are nearly empty today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972099505-U0D5BM0J3LH7LJH374A5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Baghdadi's Oriental Bookshop Keith contemplates a final purchase. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/chicken-scratch monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972258386-WN62TI2TEWUFSFY33QKR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Chicken Scratch This stone niche located at the Citadel of Van is a canvas for scrawlers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972305526-MYDUG3JE00A4Y3LOHXH8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Chicken Scratch A closer look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972347899-KNIQWNPZRDAUIWAAO1QW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Chicken Scratch The niche on the right is where the inscription above was photographed. Notice the dark colored blocks on the ground. These too have inscribed faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972395482-5IJA2C8EOMXWHX86PPWJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Chicken Scratch The inscribed face of one of the blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438972430781-UU7MP8KS8H8L4LYEIJ7E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Chicken Scratch An inscribed stone block located at the Citadel of Van. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/where-their-bodies-lay monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053395648-CLSRFM9PQPLHVH8LY8MV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay Schulz’s notes were published posthumously in the Journal asiatique (1840: 257-323). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053492245-2BILL6TOX63PD5NFBJQM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay Layard (left) and Rassam (right). Images from http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1553342&t=w and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ File:Hormuzd.Rassam.reclined.jpg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053526766-WZJM8FQEZ05CUNTMK8FP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay Map of Layard’s travels in 1850. Note Layard’s path, shown by the solid line. Note also the location of Van (Wan) in the upper left corner of the map and Bash-kalah (modern Başkale, on the Turkish-Iranian border). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053564398-XRRWHH7OLHYM5HB4K9AD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay The interior of the “Caves of Khorkhor (Layard 1853: 340). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053615814-3HQ46YMUUIRKASH57FQQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay The top plan of the “Caves of Khorkhor” (Layard 1953:341). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053655493-M88087AN1GI75ZQQ5479/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay Our intrepid crew inside the “Caves of Khorkhor.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053692762-PQARF2MPOID6OJ2YPNFY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where Their Bodies Lay Detail of the “Caves of Khorkhor” showing niches and door. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/bullets monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053782023-LWY9EWRQNYTWQ8MZICRB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bullets View to the Citadel at Van. Note the promontory rising from the plain. Image from H. F. B. Lynch, Armenia Travels and Studies II (1901: Fig. 138). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053819694-PREAHBOBHXUWE06NP9VU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bullets A bullet found along the trail leading up to the citadel. Is this a Minié ball? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053858482-F74XENU6Z35UWGY8P1FV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bullets Greg inspects the cuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439053906546-8432WAIT5MM3UEY0V0J3/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bullets Cuneiform characters (detail). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/the-dead-sea-turkish-style monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443267880347-84GMZENQX6ASM8IO649F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Dead Sea (Turkish Style) Wetlands near the mouth of the Bendimahi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443268386504-SBT6LN7YXB9EXH2TWOA9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Dead Sea (Turkish Style) A bathymetric drawing of Lake Van. Note the Bendimahi enters the sea via the Ercis Gulf on the northeast coner. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443269139692-KZPGQBOWDX83B2C8REU6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Dead Sea (Turkish Style) Looking across the Gulf of Ercis (Lake Van). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443269400904-K26MKF6MJBVW4ZLD6QQX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Dead Sea (Turkish Style) Bold swimmers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1443269631470-XI0GB0YXF25T4XKY4UEF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Dead Sea (Turkish Style) We're roughing it at dinnertime on the shore of Lake Van. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/pearl-mullet monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054363546-87B3VGJ8KPP2UM4AI738/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pearl Mullet Pearl Mullet (Chalcalburnus tarichi). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442827043999-VRZG9HVQUPR2OAW97EK0/image-asset.png Blog archive - Pearl Mullet Satellite image of Lake Van. The lower course of the Bendimahi, shown in the circle, drains into the shallow Ercis Gulf. Image courtesy of Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442826981864-6GA07O4QCTCGX9180PMA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pearl Mullet The Bendimahi River slices between the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442827252429-DU4XX7NRNFM5QO6IKNXN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pearl Mullet The springtime run of the Pearl Mullet. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442833906802-V5AR2FHXCJCP4YP77SIV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pearl Mullet Pliny the Elder was the original Wikipedia. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442827501491-XO6M01DWD0EMMDKF6UJM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pearl Mullet Presentation? Nope. Flavor? Well plenty of that. Pleasurable? Nope. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/lost-love-lost-kingdom monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438973251768-6KKTXJILIKOK0R5XVASU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom The road unwinds before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442065417223-579AOUD4OF7LBU96Z2CZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom Moses of Khoren (image from Wikimedia.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442078383120-85CDO4LSQZPMVQWXZRU6/image-asset.png Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom The body of Ara is brought to Shamiram (Image from Wikimedia.org). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438973434452-KA0DZ09A01BTY5WJVR2O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom A bucolic scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442078152734-B8IOG0M9RCENJO03HNC2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom Countryside under the watch of Tendürek Dağı (5,906'). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438973479930-VVJ74H0VGX3HHV7QHTJR/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Lost Love, Lost Kingdom Passing a pastoral parade. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/the-hammam-an-untold-story-that-should-probably-remain-thataway monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054619694-WKHWEPPKYRT6YTM1P024/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hammam: An Untold Story that Should Probably Remain Thataway Parked on the Doğubeyazıt backstreet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054656080-JB027UT0X4YAK1LGI0BB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hammam: An Untold Story that Should Probably Remain Thataway No, this isn’t us. Do you really think I would take a camera in here? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054693858-TYZA5M36N0QM6MO1R9MF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hammam: An Untold Story that Should Probably Remain Thataway Bent in ways God never intended. And no, this is not us either. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054735507-STQI08IC8ZMLAGTSVD4F/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hammam: An Untold Story that Should Probably Remain Thataway Ditto all of the above. Image from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439054777854-7VKWLMKJZDP27324XNKU/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hammam: An Untold Story that Should Probably Remain Thataway Turkish wrestling god, Ramazan Şahin. From here. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/walking-on-leaping-off monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442191463989-I9Z1L7GSNBW75GVA80AD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Walking On, Leaping Off Tanner is way gone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442193648269-49PFUL3HMRO620J6RBDV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Walking On, Leaping Off View downslope from the trail near Low Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442191666209-F3O33ATPDZJ4QI2MLZDP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Walking On, Leaping Off The official shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442192943123-QO1W3X434AS73YX3TLZV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Walking On, Leaping Off Passed by the horses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442194100326-E43ORIHKJ1A9E9KU1GTX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Walking On, Leaping Off Our return to Çevirme. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/a-fine-stew monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055157275-X3ULJB8X2VDS7KWFG2SK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Fine Stew Supper in Low Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055191510-VE3L3GFDRBXPFYX5KXWH/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Fine Stew Feasting at the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055228213-D953CTU1TZTCICW5FP6H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Fine Stew Summit above Low Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055271204-TC7JHZ1X5ISSKN7O41DC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Fine Stew Wilkerson in his tent. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/bittersweet-reunion monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055361018-AG2BGYRMZJF4UFXEOU08/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bittersweet Reunion View from High Camp to the Summit. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/brakes-and-flamingos monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055464185-E15VKWE2FE0JFWTPHHK8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Brakes and Flamingos Traversing the cap. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/wooly-covers monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055602370-0RK9XNYUWG3S2G2V2VW7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wooly Covers View to the saddle and the eastern summit of Ağrı Dağı. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055644998-N7X5O4E8DFBHC8MYESSE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wooly Covers Group picture on the summit. L to R: Keith, Brad, Tanner, Greg, Mark, and Tommy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055701708-IHV2TLRRDPG40V75ZJSX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Wooly Covers Tanner “planking” on the summit of Ağrı Dağı. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/the-summit-pole monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055914827-O7ZRPWGDNOF0DCW8RNJY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole The summit pole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439055953715-F377I5QRSU0ZJM00YX6H/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole The summit route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056036301-5HJX7PTK26P57Z1CSVYZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Celîl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056067403-Z6FIJCPQO4B3FIVENPPE/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Brad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056101762-5VS3GBOWN6CCQWM3UQ2E/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Keith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056149051-CMHYE4YCKJD0J78P97F2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Greg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056174122-T12RVNFUM6C05ON7OIYX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Tommy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056199055-IP7Q8VXXWPP0SLQWKUF7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Tanner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056229538-T0RUIEU3FRYM80M57IQO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Mark Z. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056258238-SPMNV6VVVFSEEVGY20MZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Mark W. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056294035-BIPHH7EPDEWOU9SMKTNZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Uraz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056316091-64SB5YE6E1E85FY794CB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Summit Pole Alcan http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/a-frozen-apron monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056415785-ISZEN34O790LF5V7K9E2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frozen Apron An apron of ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056447302-7OO3CCFDYFLOB2EPHJGF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frozen Apron View back to "Little Ararat." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056482666-Y4OOZ18GMMCJVFAW1816/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Frozen Apron Our route up Ağrı Dağı. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/excursus-pattersons-climb-4 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056617617-J8JANT3BV764BO9W6IYD/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 4 View to the mountain (From the Patterson Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056654651-HIQBMIXAHPTTS6OO6T2I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 4 Patterson, the peg, the summit (From the Patterson Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056701608-S7BVZCKDFQ3ER2F6D0XF/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 4 Patterson’s hosts at the base of the mountain (From the Patterson Collection). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/living-ice monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056792483-HNW5TVMQSTJ1FCAJM6BM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Living Ice MZ and Tanner in the morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056831734-IAU738QO7GFY7IXHDYIS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Living Ice Keith, Brad, and Greg prepare for the final leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056872368-ZELVUGY01YWAOXKN8PJI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Living Ice View to ice cap above Ahora Gorge. Image from http://www.noahsarksearch.com/StuplichBob/090AhoraGorgeCehennemDere.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439056907975-LZYR5BRK4S14FK9HXQ6I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Living Ice View to glaciers spilling down Ağrı’s north face. Image from http://www.noahsarksearch.com/StuplichBob/030NortheastAhoraGorge11.jpg http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/decision-in-the-dark monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057072547-K2PB02L1FEN9XZSU1VR4/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Decision in the Dark Mapping the journey – “It’s a round trip. Getting to the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory.” –Ed Viesturs in “No Shortcuts To The Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057124254-FMG2DIKXMU0KS259BPMN/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Decision in the Dark A focused view. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/we-can-we-will monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1442192222154-NZQ5S2CE2M80VN3ITOKS/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - We Can, We Will Celîl on summit day. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/excursus-pattersons-climb-3 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057405904-E80HZ78PUIYGT8RMXCH6/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 3 Locals at the base of the mountain. Note the tattered coats (From the Patterson Collection). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/pee-bottles monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057494693-TLF03EA1O3FW24KGTMZP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pee Bottles Tommy and the evening sun in High Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057535429-SD3RG4VQDKTULS1TQONY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pee Bottles Elegant dining at 13,650 feet. From left to right: Tanner, Alcan, Greg, Uraz, Tommy, and Wilkerson. Note the boulder used as a table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057590214-TZBDQ20OP57WD8LC31TI/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pee Bottles MZ trying on borrowed crampons in High Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057629285-0L7HIBHBCE23D1JQFKI8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Pee Bottles Photo 4: Our GPS coordinates plotted in Google Earth. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/excursus-pattersons-climb-2 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057705457-53SSJ23EAJCMQZQYJU8Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 2 Yayla children at the base of the mountain. The term yayla refers to the summer pastures of semi-nomadic peoples in this part of the world. (From the Patterson Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057744152-XU1U2ZAIEF1KFWKEFZC2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 2 Patterson on “Ree.” She is smartly outfitted for international travel (From the Patterson Collection). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/bow-in-the-sky monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057849905-7HZRGK00LWUB5LVE4A85/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bow in the Sky Keith and Tanner look at the rainbow over High Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057893532-DQPNYBI2I62D9PZZP9DC/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bow in the Sky Bow hunter and rabbit on basalt relief found at Samal (Zincirli). On display at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439057933282-44EZ7PIQ8HT3GE86S2OW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Bow in the Sky Aramean bowman from basalt relief of King Kapara.Tell Halaf, Syria. See http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_image.aspx?image=k148255.jpg&retpage=19037 http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/excursus-pattersons-climb-1 monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058004458-AC9OU5KZ2UJ0MJOVD8GT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: Patterson's Climb 1 Children and herder’s tent at the base of the mountain (From the Patterson Collection). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/my-bad-crampons monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058086256-CPXNEBGXOV3WNX8CC6LM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - My Bad Crampons Keith on the ground, but always chipper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058119496-NYJKCZE8ISBCX0HEARCM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - My Bad Crampons Tan’s crampons equipped with homemade anti-balling plates (ingeniously engineered from an old plastic zip-tie canister. As you can see, I went ahead and used the last of the zip-ties too. Clever, eh?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058162201-BNQZJ3BXKOMV6MTER92X/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - My Bad Crampons Photo 3: Sharp crampons help keep your feet on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058225709-YHDT9QJMFAZEFG2MT58G/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - My Bad Crampons Uraz and the fellas in front of the tent, testing the fit of their crampons. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/excursus-an-accidental-discovery monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058312867-OX5AH0DJGALA0JP9NPXP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: An Accidental Discovery An old photograph of a mysterious figure (From the Patterson Collection). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058373006-SQZYFV2MA7P3NXZ99UKL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Excursus: An Accidental Discovery Herders the base of Ağrı Dağı (From the Patterson Collection). http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/the-hazards-of-high-camp monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058470076-ISXJGS9YVPE7BRW35NEY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hazards of High Camp As cozy as it gets at 14,000’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058520513-6CKEMSJ6SOKX6KNZV1T8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hazards of High Camp The water-catcher below the glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1439058569213-O0VT38BZZGBF3HJ4D7SM/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Hazards of High Camp Keith among the tents of High Camp. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/ararat-in-the-hebrew-bible monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994351673-7J1WLU31XY1S3F291XRL/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Ararat in the Hebrew Bible http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/do-rags-and-do-overs monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993949532-4DLEZTX6NV0IXRQV9S24/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs Alcan and Celîl lunch in High Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438993988007-HS6FO7BX020MQOY3H19R/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs Greg sports his fine fashion sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994041622-BSG4IJXFHYJI3J624WNP/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs The route from Çevirme to Low Camp to High Camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994078986-6GLH15X6B97YN1UZX44I/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs Locations plotted in Google Earth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994112540-OFBOARXS6NGWJOT62T0P/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs Peering from the trail into Seytan Deresi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438994154388-3AAKJ7EG6025IZ435O90/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Do-rags and Do-overs A comfortable lunch in High Camp. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/sips-and-trickles monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986775499-BDGBL323GSV81GBIGT5B/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sips and Trickles More sky than scud? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986810851-BCYYET5YR8Z5LR5VTL4J/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sips and Trickles Greeting the mountain in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986854838-0CFX3IDLL9JTXGMFP6SX/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sips and Trickles Tea before breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986901998-VHNJ8MHND6FCFEO9AO6U/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Sips and Trickles Keith and Greg, ready to go. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/mustafas-tongue monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986450664-LNKRJRRXZ4K8VWK8XUI0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mustafa's Tongue Mustafa at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986502891-MERLIOIJWAWD45S1PN41/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mustafa's Tongue The photo does not lie. Mustafa is loading supplies on the morning of our departure from Doğubayazıt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438986549115-ZYRA7LVPA5Y566B2AID7/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Mustafa's Tongue Distribution of Kurdish. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/a-vertical-lifeway monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985441928-GJY2ABGBTUQFR21CUE5O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Vertical Life(way) One last glance in Çevirme https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985495821-YG5BSB57N1858F5FHNET/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Vertical Life(way) A child on the trail. Note the campsite and animals on the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985531137-CCBIL4TANPDKA9EQNGTJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Vertical Life(way) The summer campsites of pastoralists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985571813-S5XVCKBO2N8J6S8PAFM1/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Vertical Life(way) Checking the tea on the stove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985607062-C6RYB9N5VXI9A280JOB2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - A Vertical Life(way) The view downslope. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/where-the-road-ends monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984953686-X7ZOBQ5WXWX267JAODH2/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Road Ends Where the road ends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984998981-C1IAXKRL29SAUK62UUBO/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Road Ends Flowers of Çevirme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985040305-KPP9VKH10Q9V4U8147EV/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Road Ends Boys, walls, tents, and tarps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438985086597-VIGEUXQDGLWGT5FLWXBT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Where the Road Ends Brad, Tanner, and Mark follow Celîl out of Çevirme. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/the-one-lasts monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984361839-FT3JBHNV4JL2K5QD08EB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The One Lasts Brad and Mark pack their gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438984397883-F8HAH9PSWVW43ABTTJ10/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The One Lasts Gear bags go on top of the vehicle. 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İshak Paşa Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1446549525872-R5FSU34J5VW177U7XHBJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Stone Palaces View to the ridge behind the Palace. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/travelers monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983673739-D59DZRDDIDL6GM170OJ8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Travelers A View to the Highway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983713013-SP1B00DTCGHYFTR8Z4KZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Travelers Capturing a border perspective as Agri Dagi looms in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438983776861-KTKOUMUUX1RJU2FFEBIB/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Travelers http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/cowboy-town monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 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- Between Van and Iran Northeastern shore of Lake Van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982290991-Y5D0W5D5QMAEAKDD5RJ8/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Between Van and Iran The Wild Wild East! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982318453-2CIBDNNLRN5HGAPZGVKK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Between Van and Iran Falls of the Muradiye River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982395437-WTAGCR7E7M055WSBGBWK/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Between Van and Iran Lunch is almost ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438982473536-LSTJ2YV5HTH2BUJ53AA9/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Between Van and Iran View to the border. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/7/fire-and-ice monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981723148-BYCLQ7ANMFW9LVJSJGOY/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire and Ice Months later, the devastation of the earthquake is still visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981886402-F4T2MUJ5OZ3LSQUERMCT/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire and Ice Volcanic flows at the base of Mt Tondrak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981950632-3FX665NR1ZDGJMJEBOML/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Fire and Ice First glimpse to Agri Dagh. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/the-bells-of-madaba monthly 0.5 2025-12-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981188875-L4V6P83X0UY53070KUF0/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Bells of Madaba Street view to the Church of John the Baptist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981238889-J3GJ2I364F9QGT14O18O/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Bells of Madaba Church of John the Baptist, interior. 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Connection The "marked" turnoff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980921325-QMW3OX9YR49XIBL5UPGG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Cincinnati - Jordan Connection Road in the Wadi al-Hasa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980956195-RSFM72BDI27BF6TY53KA/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Cincinnati - Jordan Connection View to the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980985530-FQE9AKRI2OBOA1JH0YSW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Cincinnati - Jordan Connection Hobbled donkeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981018022-1ZAOQ1S9NG5NMG0M3K02/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Cincinnati - Jordan Connection Shepherd, sheep, and goats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438981042080-AG2QR9VJ2PNPUHNKKIS5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - The Cincinnati - Jordan Connection Awassi (or “Fat-tailed”) sheep. http://www.markziese.com/stories/2015/8/6/visiting-the-sisters monthly 0.5 2026-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980500256-FFBFS62FEODOMXQ5SVWG/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Visiting the Sisters View to the Russian Orthodox Church on the slopes of the Mount of Olives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980554915-6R27POVZFT9OQSBNJUT5/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Visiting the Sisters The sisters at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980613375-Z1LBKL9EK9NGX46DQY5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Visiting the Sisters View to the front entrance and porches of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438980652520-G124I4SANQN09OBHYGVW/image-asset.jpeg Blog archive - Visiting the Sisters Umbrella lady. 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Tell Jalul Excavations (Jordan), 199 at Tell Jalul (Jordan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438609267748-C2R9BS62RTM2583MO5OS/IMG_0666.jpg Extreme Adventure Hiking the Jesus Trail across Galilee in the good company of Seth Bryant and Todd Liles (2014). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438726092918-URY1ZULQSM3B11S5SKCC/image-asset.jpeg Extreme Adventure Alcan and Calil, mountain guides from Middle Earth Travel, at the high camp on Mt Ararat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438425480679-F20VGKVK01DI9QLTYUHE/image-asset.jpeg Extreme Adventure Divers prepare to descend to the remains of the Roman harbor at Caesarea Maritima, Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438646667961-TMXYA71ZTZ7LVZWKAOHW/image-asset.jpeg Extreme Adventure Watering camels at the Spring of Lawrence, Wadi Rum, Jordan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1564999837416-V943RPN29LTBIIU6DSTM/DSC_0588.jpg Extreme Adventure The African Serengeti is a place of wonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534241636102-HYDHWNCIKB0N2PC6HQ7K/20180804_173614+copy+2.jpg Extreme Adventure One "end of the world" for the Roman Empire was located at Finisterra, Spain. It also happens to be the Atlantic end of the Camino de Santiago. It is more than a 500-mile hike to reach this point from the French border. http://www.markziese.com/pilgrimage-tour daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1521559726730-UVANIRABT3HZGWUTH26O/Climbing.jpg Pilgrimage Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1574758758561-K3BZLLIKTRWFBWYF8D78/baptism.jpg Pilgrimage Tour Being baptized in the Jordan River can be an emotional experience. Photo from our 2019 pilgrimage tour with Craig Grammer. Photograph by Pat Blandford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438514268646-J1FJFBLNZTIJEFVFBAKY/image-asset.jpeg Pilgrimage Tour Terry O'Casey (on right), Professor of Christian Ministry and Biblical Studies at Northwest Christian University (Eugene, Oregon) shares a weekend message with the local church in Turan, Israel. Saleem Hanna (on left), minister, translates into Arabic. Photo by Bible Land Explorer Mike Taylor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438605746983-7GM0JWYVL7T3LZFHACN9/House+church+at+Turan+8.jpg Pilgrimage Tour Believers from Galilee and New Zealand share food and fellowship. Photograph courtesy of Mike Taylor member of our 2014 Pilgrimage Tour of Israel-Palestine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438605282157-62KU3SCUC95YVB7XOYSJ/image-asset.jpeg Pilgrimage Tour Worshippers in the Crusader-era Church of St Anne, Jerusalem. 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While first impressions can appear guarded, rural residents are quick to extend hospitality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1625415309421-P2WF58FG0LOUVE6YJAV4/Pilgrimage+Tour+copy.jpg Kinds of Travel - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1625480911363-ELU1VTO5Y8PLIXNILBXF/Morning+air.jpg Kinds of Travel - Make it stand out The Jesus Trail is a trekking experience that crosses Lower Galilee in Israel. 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Image captured by Adrienne Griffin. http://www.markziese.com/packing-for-the-jesus-trail daily 0.75 2016-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464299421472-YCEYN2OPS6H9JRCTLOST/Todd+and+Seth+approaching+Ilaniya+5.JPG Packing for the Jesus Trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464301101060-ROSWGL1FKCZ4TS26RL8M/image-asset.png Packing for the Jesus Trail The spork is an underrated wilderness tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464301850685-7YORRZRY606ZT6PRHWBH/image-asset.jpeg Packing for the Jesus Trail Traveling the trail in the middle of the summer is quite different than traveling the trail in the middle of the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464341658935-9WT0D1ZHERLIC5P9YZTM/image-asset.png Packing for the Jesus Trail A walking stick works like a trekking pole, but a good one is hard to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1464341558858-9WE1UHKUXP00YZ262F42/image-asset.jpeg Packing for the Jesus Trail Capturing memories from the trail. http://www.markziese.com/world-of-the-nt-studytour daily 0.75 2020-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513780248403-YL88OJQCCGRS23ESNKAO/51.051.jpg Bible Lands (Grad) http://www.markziese.com/bible-lands-studytour daily 0.75 2020-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1513780131220-F1ZJIUQY6K5AM5JQR3O9/54.054.jpg Bible Lands (Undergrad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1480516838662-578Q9R23ZWY8L5SWBM5U/P1120732.JPG Bible Lands (Undergrad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1480516856388-J5B1W5BJ8FR2OE0QB2BY/P1120296.JPG Bible Lands (Undergrad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1480517032166-6EJ866RNJV1IZP0GQZ7D/DSC_0273.JPG Bible Lands (Undergrad) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1480516949243-Z6YV9W0HLI6UDXFB8EJR/PICT0315.JPG Bible Lands (Undergrad) http://www.markziese.com/roomates daily 0.75 2022-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1472727153345-AU0EFK6V01OQOA0GDOXD/Bettye+and+Karen.006.jpg Roommates http://www.markziese.com/404 daily 0.75 2016-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1473517720607-FM66RZEC77RQ7VXSHC3K/image-asset.jpeg 404 http://www.markziese.com/bibliography daily 0.75 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1625769374402-LHWUFUIN1IF6GAHS14N5/scroll+shelf.jpg A Reading List http://www.markziese.com/cmsm4323biblio daily 0.75 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1625752738036-9QASV473DL8KGS4XF3MZ/scroll+shelf.jpg CMSM4323Biblio http://www.markziese.com/isaiah daily 0.75 2021-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534013477279-STC8P52U8X4SCA3A64ZD/swords-into-plowshares.jpg Isaiah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534072603633-I9J75HXPXTN8MBG2RHLP/sword+to+plowshare.jpeg Isaiah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534072611159-E46VB2RAKWEZ2POKHK67/p1050790.jpg Isaiah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534072617248-K08O7PVF0QESW9DQJUJ5/maxresdefault.jpg Isaiah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1534072623029-YDDTIAFBHJJGTDKBNM5F/Zagar_folk-art.jpg Isaiah http://www.markziese.com/passport daily 0.75 2022-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560591428357-MNV3R5YQHON565PTNRVW/mr+bean+passport.jpg Travel Documents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560574697129-FQ22PZ93GDGFFD9PR7UT/DSC_0006.jpg Travel Documents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1560574644526-DQH1412IF91WU415DZ9P/DSC_0019.jpg Travel Documents http://www.markziese.com/resources-1 daily 0.75 2021-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1625336527183-UWG7AXHH4Z74F76ANWHK/2015-03-16+12.35.43.jpg Other Resources - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/study-tour daily 0.75 2026-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1521559639403-TB79EOLQHLKDFJRRX00I/Dead+Sea.JPG Study Tour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438466580700-ZA3W8D2NEPJJ34E3VBLB/delphicstadium Study Tour The tactile experience of walking across the Delphic Stadium by Tony Bivins and Jessica Rappe cannot be duplicated in the traditional classroom! Tony and Jessica were students at Boise Bible College when Mike Kennedy snapped this photo. Thanks to Mike for sharing this and other images from our Aegean Study-Tour, 2003. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1522510877203-ZUUWBWNBOETH0PAQS5TG/IMG_2222.jpg Study Tour Professor Jody Owens of Johnson University presents details from the biblical book of Kings. He stands on the roof of a structure built to commemorates the contest between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Photograph by Bible Land Explorer Adrienne Griffin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/1438418079162-0Y82NGZFD7G7S2LICU5L/image-asset.jpeg Study Tour Sharing teaching responsibilities with faculty leaders is a priority of our study-tours. Here, Professor Dan Dyke of the Cincinnati Christian University works through a passage from the book of Judges while standing on the summit of Mt Tabor, Israel. 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Jerash, Jordan. http://www.markziese.com/communication daily 0.75 2022-02-05 http://www.markziese.com/for-group-leaders daily 0.75 2022-02-05 http://www.markziese.com/trkiye-and-the-early-church daily 0.75 2024-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/2aebd421-d02e-45e6-b468-d392658e401b/Chora.jpg Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/82c5eeb7-793e-419e-ace3-0b132c7bd1a2/IMG_1596.JPG Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/0f94abde-a4d9-41ed-ad60-ee83ed804f8a/View+down+street.jpg Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Roman street, Ephesus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/5d4426a3-042b-42a4-8471-8849b62b70f3/68268682078__86C7376A-A7BE-42F3-B988-4D559E7D1D9C+2.jpg Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Gary Serago, Pastor, enthusiast, encourager, and traveler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/d8faafa3-bcfa-4f5f-be2d-9061b20a3811/adnan.jpeg Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Adnan Düvenci, Turkish cultural guide, adventurer, and culinary specialist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/35cb1cf2-c9ff-4f59-9804-c9137dbe46a6/Screenshot+2024-07-27+at+9.35.29%E2%80%AFAM.png Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Dr. Mark Ziese, retired professor, archaeologist, and director of Bible Land Explorer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/14a90e2f-3b1a-4cd6-866f-39d194b5b2bc/img466.jpg Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/cd15a692-f894-480f-81f2-0aacf4ec7dbb/Screenshot+2024-07-26+at+12.24.37%E2%80%AFPM.png Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55b8ecb6e4b083fd0d23d93f/753c25ba-c4b7-43b5-aece-43798a5a84cf/Screenshot+2024-07-26+at+12.33.29%E2%80%AFPM.png Türkiye and the Early Church - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.markziese.com/2027-african-safari daily 0.75 2026-03-12