Places Seldom Seen - Photos & Publications by Mark R. Fairchild, PhD
Director Pascal Guerin and I are standing at the site of the submerged ancient basilica in Iznik (Nicea) during a break in filming. Pascal and his film crew were with me in Iznik filming the discovery and research of the underwater church. We are te ...
The hinterland of Rough Cilicia is loaded with rock cut reliefs high up n the canyon walls, in the gorges and on the sides of cliffs. It is difficult to reach many of these places, but the reliefs are in great shape. Most of these depict soldiers wh ...
Thought to be the second deepest canyon in the world, Valla Canyon and nearby Horma Canyon are practically impassible. A portion of the canyon can be traversed on a three kilometer wooden walkway that is attached to the canyon walls. Several waterfa ...
There are wonderful people who inhabit the remote regions of Turkey. Without Khurshed I may not have found the Hittite fortifications and magnificent rock reliefs. Khurshed immigrated to Turkey about a year ago. He left a wife and two children and n ...
Both God and people look down upon us. One for good, the other for evil. One to encourage, the other to discourage. One is constructive, the other destructive. One breathes life, the other death.
I opened the front cover of my Bible today to record the death of my sister: December 25, 2020 - Becky Costello. Above that: August 28, 2004 - Donald G. (Ike) Fairchild. It hurts to write that today, just as it hurt to record Dad’s death sixteen yea ...
Over the past six weeks I have had conversations, emails and Zoom meetings with Mustafa Sahin, director of excavations at Nicaea, along with Julia de Sigoyer, Professor of Tectonics at the French University of Grenoble Alpes and Pascal Guérin, a Fre ...
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.” – Simone WeilSimone Weil was a Jewish philosopher who fled France and the Nazis in 1942. Raised as an agnostic Jew, Weil embraced Christianit ...
Repetition Increases the Believability of an AssertionI object to the mind manipulation that is taking place today. The media (especially social media) is being used to influence and shape the opinions and beliefs of people in unprecedented ways. It ...
Alpine Lake at Rocky Mountain National Park, ColoradoGod’s beautiful creation. Let’s keep it beautiful.We have gotten into the habit of carrying bags with us on our five mile walks through Huntington. We pick up trash that accumulates along the rou ...