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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.

Contents 1 Background 2 Research and other achievements 3 Published works 4 References and external links

Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, 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. 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 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' "Egyptology Today" program. He was appointed Senior Research Fellow at C.W. Post Campus in 2004.

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.

In 1999, Dr. Brier gave a series of 48 specially-prepared lectures entitled "The History of Ancient Egypt" for The Teaching Company, a corporation which provides recorded lectures given by the top 1% of America's college professors. Dr. Brier is a recipient of Long Island University's David Newton award for Teaching Excellence and has twice been selected as a Fulbright Scholar.

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.

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

• C.W. Post Campus Faculty: Bob Brier
• The Teaching Company: Prof. 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)