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Bob Brier
Long Island University
Ph.D., The University of North Carolina
 

Bob Brier is an Egyptologist and Professor of Philosophy at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Hunter College and Ph.D. in philosophy from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From 1981–1996 he was Chairman of the Philosophy Department at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He has served as Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities’ “Egyptology Today” program.

Professor Brier has twice been selected as a Fulbright Scholar and has received LIU’s David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of his achievements as a lecturer.

In 1994, Dr. Brier became the first person in 2,000 years to mummify a human cadaver in the ancient Egyptian style. This research was the subject of a National Geographic television special, Mr. Mummy. Dr. Brier is also the host of The Learning Channel’s series The Great Egyptians.

Professor Brier is the author of Ancient Egyptian Magic (1980), Egyptian Mummies (1994), Encyclopedia of Mummies (1998), The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story (1998), Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (1999), and numerous scholarly articles.
 
Courses by this professor:

Ancient Empires before Alexander & History of Ancient Egypt (Set)  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
Travel back to the ancient world and experience how life was lived in some of the world's first empires and civilizations with these two engaging ancient history courses. Start with Ancient Empires before Alexander, your opportunity to finally complete your knowledge of the ancient world with a comprehensive look at history's first empires, including Akkad, Assyria, Babylon, Hatti, and Carthage. Then, delve even deeper into one of history's grandest civilizations with The History of Ancient Egypt, as an award-winning professor guides you through the full 3,000 years of recorded ancient Egyptian history.
From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History & History of Ancient Egypt (Set)  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
Explore the breathtaking scope and influence of two unparalleled human civilizations. In History of Ancient Egypt, take an engrossing and comprehensive journey through the mysteries of early Egyptian history. From Yao to Mao: 5000 Years of Chinese History delivers a comprehensive political and historical overview of one of the most fascinating countries in the world.
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$40 		Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
No great civilization continues to speak to us like that of ancient Egypt. Yet what made Egypt great were the individuals who ruled it. Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt recounts the lives and accomplishments of great leaders such as Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great, and Cleopatra. Professor Bob Brier, an acclaimed Egyptologist, presents a veritable 30-century history of Egypt that peers into almost every aspect of ancient Egyptian life. You'll learn what made Egypt great, what finally brought about its downfall, and why it remains imbedded in our minds today. By the end of the course, you'll feel a stronger connection with the men and women who made Egypt the greatest nation of the ancient world.
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$390 		History of Ancient Egypt  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand that our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. If you're awed by the Great Pyramid, amazed by the magnificent golden mask and other treasures of Tutankhamen, curious about how this longest-lived of all ancient cultures has influenced us, or just intrigued by the mysterious hows and whys of all things Egyptian, then you must own this comprehensive and entertaining course by one of our most popular professors.
History of Ancient Egypt & Ancient Greek Civilization (Set)  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
Investigate the amazing breadth and depth of the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Greece. In History of Ancient Egypt, explore the full 3,000 years of recorded ancient Egyptian history: a world filled with mummies, pyramids, pharaohs, tombs, and more. Next, journey to the world of ancient Greece in the light shed by the latest research on the culture's history, politics, religion, art, and more in Ancient Greek Civilization.
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$820 		History of Ancient Rome & History of Ancient Egypt (Set)  
By Professor Bob Brier, Long Island University
Delve into the marvels of ancient Roman and Egyptian history with two expert historians. The History of Ancient Rome explores the civilization's famous personalities and events, as well as the deeper sources of its greatest and continuing influence. The History of Ancient Egypt is an engrossing and comprehensive examination of the mysteries of early Egyptian history.