Bob Brier

Robert Brier, Ph.D (born December 13, 1943), also affectionately known as Mr. Mummy, is a world-renowned American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology. A Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, he is considered by many to be the world's foremost expert on mummies and the mummification process. He is seen in many Discovery Civilization documentaries, primarily on ancient Egypt.

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Background

Born and raised in The Bronx, Mark Millmore's , Dr. Brier earned his bachelor's degree from Hunter College of the City 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 Today and Test Your ESP. He earned his Ph.D in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970, and began teaching at Long Island University in 19

Research and other achievements

Dr. Brier has conducted pioneering research in mummification practices worldwide. He has investigated well-known mummies such as Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great, Vladimir Lenin, Eva Perón (more commonly known as Evita), and the Medici family.

In 1994, Dr. Brier and a colleague, Ronald Wade, director of the State Anatomy Board of Maryland, became the first people in 2,000 years to mummify a human cadaver using ancient Egyptian techniques. This research earned Dr. 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 specials 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, CNN, 60 Minutes and 20/20. Thebes, the ancient name for Luxor, was the City of a Thousand Gates, so named for the monumental entrances to its temples. Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple were connected in ancient times by an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes and it was between these two famed holy places that the festivals honoring Egypt's many gods unfolded. While the temples on the east bank of the Nile were dedicated to the gods, the west bank was reserved for the tombs and mortuary temples of the pharaohs. Here is where we see just how wealthy and powerful the kings of ancient Egypt were. The mausoleums of the pharaohs, constructed and decorated over their lifetimes, employed the finest craftsmen then known.h the March 29th solar eclipse.

Published works

In addition to his pioneering research, Dr. Brier has also written several scholarly 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

References and external links

• C.W. Post Campus Faculty: Bob Brier
• IMDB Biography: Bob Brier
• Oases of Egypt Archaeological Tour
• "But Is It ESP?" by Bob Brier, 1973
• University of Vermont, Fleming Museum: "Egyptologist Presents Case for King Tutankhamen's Murder" (October 4, 2005)