Neal Bierling

Neal Bierling is an immigrant to the United States from the Netherlands who grew up in Holland, Michigan. He began his Middle Eastern Archaeological digging adventures in 1972, and has through 2012, worked in twelve countries from the Euphrates River, countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea to Spain. Besides supervising at excavations, he and his son, Joel, have done photography at 100s of archaeological sites and started a company, Phoenix Data Systems in 1995. Together, with his son, Neal has produced three videos, five CD-ROMs, and two Virtual Tours (Petra and Qumran, the Dead Sea Scrolls) relating to the Middle East and Archaeology.

He received his graduate degree at the University of Michigan with additional archaeological studies and archaeological digging through Hebrew Union College, Hebrew University, and Tel Aviv University.

Joel and Neal's pictures have been used in more than one hundred scholarly works published by various publishing companies such as Zondervan, Eerdmans, and other publishing companies overseas. Neal has written in part or the whole more than 9 books relating to Middle Eastern Archaeology and Bible textbooks on the Old and New Testaments.

He has a Kindle books series: entitled Beyond Indiana Jones: Getting at the Facts (Artifacts) Buried in the Biblical Story (currently Volumes 1-3). More Kindle books in this series are planned. Now he has published 5 paperback volumes entitled: Getting High in Peru, and 4 paperback volumes entitled: Beyond Indiana Jones (BIJ)--all examining archaeological sites. An additional BIJ volume is in a Kindle format. All 9 paperbacks take you to different locations of interest either in Peru or the Middle East. Neal also has earlier books on the Middle East and Archaeology.

Indiana Jones is a fictional character, but Hiram Bingham was authentic and had adventures in Peru as did Neal. In the Middle East Neal has been pursued by guys with guns and has had near death experiences there (not yet written), and now he has a tie to Hiram Bingham in Peru. The Getting High in Peru series is due to Neal's past and work in Peru from 2013-2019. Neal's Beyond Indiana Jones series is based on his 40 years (1972-2012) of archaeological work in the Middle East; however, Neal is not a fictional character and has worked at Petra, "The Canyon of the Crescent Moon. Shalom/Salaam y Paz.