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    Bob Brier


    Born

    in New York, The United States

    December 13, 1943


    Genre

    History, Nonfiction, Science


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    Robert Brier (born December 13, 1943), also known as Mr. Mummy, is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology. A Senior Research Fellow at Long Island University/LIU Post, he has researched and published on mummies and the mummification process and has appeared in many Discovery Civilization documentaries, primarily on ancient Egypt.
    Born and raised in The Bronx, New York, 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 PhD in philosoRobert Brier (born December 13, 1943), also known as Mr. Mummy, is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopatho

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    items    DescriptionDatesLocation"Egyptomania." Hillwood Art Museum Exhibition. 1.13
    1. Postcard. Egypt: Its Origins. A Symposium.
    2. Newsletter.American Research Center in Egypt.
    3. Announcement on Hillwood Art Museum Stationery regarding the Symposium. "Egypt: It's Origins"
    Fall 1991 - 06/05/92Box 4"Egyptomania." Hillwood Art Museum Exhibition. 1.28
    1. "Professor Celebrates 'Egyptomania'", The Chronical of Higher Education Newspaper Clipping, July 15, 1992.
    2. Original Letter of LIU Letterhead from Bob Brier to Richard Fazzini, Brooklyn Museum, NY, March 20, 1992.
    3. "Barnum & Bailey's New Superb Spectacle Cleopatra" Postcard, June 12 - July 24, 1992.
    4. Announcement on Hillwood Art Museum Letterhead re: "Egyptomania", April 28, 1992.
    5. Copies of Magazine Covers: Archaeology and KMT
    6. Brief handwritten Long Island University "Egyptomania" Memo penned f

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      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.

      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

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