Phone: 718-5433-1241
Bob Brier
4525 Henry Hudson Parkway
Riverdale, NY 10471
Email: mummy123@aol.com
Fax: 718-543-9538
Date of Birth: December 13, 1943
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1970
Studies in Psychology and Phenomenology, Graduate School, The New
School for Social Research (45 graduate credits) 1964-66.
A.B., Hunter College, 1964
VOCATION:
Senior Research Fellow, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 2003
to present
Professor, C. W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1980 to 2003
Chairman, Department of Philosophy, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island
University, 1980 to 1996.
Associate Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 1974 to
1980.
Assistant Professor, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, 19711974.
Research Fellow, Institute for Parapsychology (formerly Duke University
Parapsychology Laboratory), Durham, N.C., 1966-70.
English teacher, Jr. High School 117, New York, N.Y., 1966.
Established and directed Audio-Visual Department, American Institute of
Chemical Engineers, 1965, Produced educational films and taped lectures.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
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Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. with Hoyt Hobbs, Greenwood Press, (Westport, CT &
London: 1999)
The Murder of Tutankhamen. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, (New York: 1998)
The Encyclopedia of Mummies. Facts on File, (New York: 1997)
Egyptian Mummies. William Morrow and Company, (New York: 1994).
Permutations: Readings in Science and Literature. Edited with Joan Digby, William
Morrow and Company, (New York: 1985)
Ancient Egyptian Magic. William Morrow and Company, (New York: 1980)
Precognition and the Philosophy of Science. Humanities Press, (New York: 1974)
Articles (More than 100)
A Preliminary Study of the Accuracy of Mummy Portraits, with Caroline Wilkinson.
Zeitschrift fur Agyptische Sprache. In press, 2005
Egyptomania, Archaeology Magazine. Jan/Feb 2004, pp. 16-23
Infectious Diseases in Ancient Egypt, in Historical Aspects of Infectious Diseases, Burke
A. Cunha, Ed. Elsivier (Philadelphia: 2004) pp. 17-28
A Revealing Painting by David Roberts, The British Art Journal, Vol. V, No. 2, Autumn,
2004, pp. 69-72
The Saga of Cleopatra’s Needles, Archaeology Magazine, Nov/Dec 2002, pp. 48-54
The Other Pyramids, Archaeology Magazine, Sept/Oct, 2002, pp. 54-58
Case of the Dummy Mummy, Archaeology Magazine, Sept/Oct. 2001, pp. 28-29
Surgical Procedures During Ancient Egyptian Mummification, with Ronald S. Wade.
CHINGARA, Revista de Antropologia Chilena, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2001, pp. 117-124
How to Make a Mummy, Archaeology Magazine. Jan/Feb 2001, pp. 44-50
The Remains of Queen Weret, with Michael Zimmerman. CHUNGARA, Revista de
Antropologia Chilena, Vol. 32, No. 1, 2000, pp. 23-26
Napoleon in Egypt. Archaeology Magazine. May/June 1999, pp. 44-53
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Surgical Procedures During Ancient Egyptian Mummification. With Ronald S. Wade,
Zeitschrift fur Agyptische Sprache. No. 126, 1998, p. 89-98.
Twentieth Century Replication of an Egyptian Mummy: Implications for Paleopathology,
with Michael Zimmerman and Ronald S. Wade. Am. J. Phys. Anthro., Vol 107, 1998, pp.
417-420
Napoleon in Egypt: The Battle of Chobrakit. with Mary Mendenhall Wood. Napoleonic
Scholarship, The Journal of the International Napoleonic Society. Vol. 1, No. 2,
December 1998.
The Use of Natron in Mummification. with Ronald S. Wade, Zeitschrift fur Agyptische
Sprache No. 124, 1997, p. 89-100.
A Gold Foil Lake Scarab Text of Amenhophis III. with Victor J. Pafundi Jr. Varia
Aegyptiaca. Vol. 7, No. 1, April 1991 p. 15-27.
The Oracles of Ancient Egypt. PLA Report, Vol. 7. No. 1, Winter 1980.
Autopsies on Fish Mummies. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 65. 1979, p.
128-133.
Autopsy of an Egyptian Fish Mummy. PLA Report, Vol. 5, No. 1. Winter, 1977, p. 8-11.
Exhibition Catalogs
Napoleon in Egypt catalog for the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont,
1988.
Napoleon in Egypt catalog for the Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, 1990.
Egyptomania catalog for the Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, 1992
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES
The Great Egyptians, six-part series, TLC, 1997
Napoleon’s Obsession: the Quest for Egypt, 1 hour, TLC, 2000
Unwrapped, The Mysterious World of Mummies, 3-part series, TLC, 2000.
Pyramids, Tombs and Mummies 3-part series, TLC, Spring 2002
Mummy Detective, 3-part series, fall, 2004.
Mummies – Secrets of the Pharaohs, IMAX Spring 2006
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HONORS
Fulbright Fellowship to Turkey 1985
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow,
Islamic Science, Columbia University, 1986
David Newton Award for Excellence in Teaching - 1988
Director, National Endowment for the Humanities “Egyptology Today”
Program, 1992-1994
TASA Award for Lifetime of Scholarship 2002
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Explorer’s Club
Egypt Exploration Society
American Research Center in Egypt
The Sudan Archaeological Research Society
New York Egyptological Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Paleopathology Association
Sigma XI, Scientific Research Society
Listed in American Men and Women of Science
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