Bob Brier

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Bob Brier

Robert Brier (born December 13, 1943), also known as Mr. Mummy, is a American

United States

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Egyptologist

Egyptology

Egyptology is a major field of archaeology, the study of ancient Egyptian History of Egypt, Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian literature, Ancient Egyptian religion, and Art of ancient Egypt from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century....
specializing in paleopathology

Paleopathology

Paleopathology is the study of ancient diseases. It is useful in understanding the past history of diseases, and uses this understanding to predict its course in the future....
. A Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus

Long Island University C.W. Post Campus

The C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University is a private institution of higher education located in Brookville, New York in Nassau County, New York, United States....
of Long Island University

Long Island University

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, he has researched and published on mummies

Mummy

A mummy is a corpse whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness, very high humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs....
and the mummification process, and has appeared in many Discovery Civilization documentaries, primarily on ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an Ancient history civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile in what is now the modern nation of Egypt....
.

Background
Born and raised in The Bronx

The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, New York

New York

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, Brier earned his bachelor's degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York

City University of New York

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Background

Born and raised in The Bronx

The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, New York

New York

City University of New York

Not to be confused with New York University formerly known as the University of the City of New York.For similar uses see University of New York...
. From 1966 to 1970, he was on the research staff of the Institute of Parapsychology (formerly the Foundation for Research on the Nature of Man), in Durham, North Carolina, where he worked on such books as Parapsychology
Parapsychology

Parapsychology is a discipline that seeks to investigate the existence and causes of psychic abilities and Survivalism using the scientific method....
Today and Test Your ESP. He earned his Ph.D in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
in 1970, and began teaching at Long Island University

Long Island University

Long Island University is a Private university, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education in the State of New York in the United States....
in 1972. He served as chairman of the philosophy department from 1981 to 1996, and has also served as the director of the National Endowment for the Humanities

National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent federal agency of the United States established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities....
' "Egyptology Today" program. He was appointed Senior Research Fellow at C.W. Post Campus in 2004.

Research and other achievements

Brier has conducted research in mummification practices worldwide. He has investigated well-known mummies such as Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great

Ramesses II

Ramesses II was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is often regarded as Ancient Egypt's greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh....
, Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin , born Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and also known by the pseudonyms V.I. Lenin and N. Lenin, was a Russians revolutionary, a Bolshevik Communism politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution and the first head of the USSR....
, Eva Perón

Eva Perón

Mar?a Eva Duarte de Per?n was the second wife of President of Argentina Juan Per?n and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952....
(more commonly known as Evita

Eva Perón

Mar?a Eva Duarte de Per?n was the second wife of President of Argentina Juan Per?n and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952....
), and the Medici

Medici

The M?dici family was a powerful and influential Florence family from the 14th to 18th century. The family had three popes , numerous rulers of Florence and later members of the French and English royalty....
family.

In 1994, Brier and a colleague, Ronald Wade, director of the State Anatomy Board of Maryland, claimed to be the first people in 2,000 years to mummify a human cadaver using ancient Egyptian techniques. This research earned Brier the affectionate nickname "Mr. Mummy" and was also the subject of the National Geographic television special of the same name. He is also the host of several television programmes for the TLC Network including The Great Egyptians, Pyramids, Mummies and Tombs, and Mummy Detective. His research has been featured in Archaeology Magazine, The New York Times
The New York Times

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, CNN

CNN

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, 60 Minutes
60 Minutes

or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
and 20/20
20/20

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.

In 1999, Brier gave a series of 48 specially-prepared lectures entitled "The History of Ancient Egypt" for The Teaching Company

The Teaching Company

The Teaching Company is a Chantilly, Virginia company that produces recordings of lectures by nationally top-ranked university professors. The professors create courses for the company in a special studio located outside of Washington DC; they are then offered for sale in Compact cassette, CD, DVD, MPEG-4, and MP3 formats....
. Brier is a recipient of Long Island University's David Newton award for Teaching Excellence.

From March 24 to April 8 2006 Brier, along with art historian Patricia Remler, led a group of participants on a tour of the oases of Western Egypt. This tour coincided with the March 29th solar eclipse.

Published works

In addition to his above mentioned research, Brier has also written several articles and books, including:

"Precognition and the philosophy of science: An essay on backward causation" (1974) ISBN 0-391-00325-9
"The Glory of Ancient Egypt: A Collection of Rare Engravings from the Napoleonic Expedition" (1990) ISBN 0-8115-4469-9
"Egyptomania" (June, 1992) ISBN 0-933699-26-3
"Egyptian Mummies : Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art" (March 14, 1996) ISBN 0-688-14624-4
"The Encyclopedia of Mummies" (September, 1998) ISBN 0-8160-3906-2
"The Murder of Tutankhamen" (March 1, 1999) ISBN 0-425-16689-9
"The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians" (with Hoyt Hobbs) (December 30, 1999) ISBN 0-313-30313-4
"The Secret of the Great Pyramid" (with Jean-Pierre Houdin
Jean-Pierre Houdin

Jean-Pierre Houdin is a French architect, who is mainly known for his Egyptian pyramid construction techniques on Great Pyramid of Giza construction....
) (October 6, 2008)