12 Facts About Bob Brier

Robert Brier is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology.

Bob Brier is recognized as one of the world's foremost Egyptologists.

Bob Brier earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1970 and began teaching at Long Island University in 1972.

Bob Brier served as chairman of the philosophy department from 1981 to 1996 and has served as the director of the National Endowment for the Humanities' "Egyptology Today" program.

Bob Brier was appointed senior research fellow at LIU Post in 2004.

Bob Brier has worked in pyramids and tombs in 15 countries and conducted research in mummification practices worldwide.

Bob Brier has investigated well-known mummies such as Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great, Vladimir Lenin, Eva Peron, and the Medici family.

Bob Brier is the host of several television programs for the TLC Network including The Great Egyptians, Pyramids, Mummies and Tombs, and Mummy Detective.

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

Bob Brier later did two more series of lectures for them.

Bob Brier has written magazine articles for KMT, Archaeology, and others.

Bob Brier leads Egyptology tours for Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural trips.