Honoree-
Bob Brier

Bob Brier’s love of all things Egyptian began quite by accident. He was laid up with a basketball injury while studying for his Ph.D. in philosophy when a friend gave him Sir Allen Gardner’s “Egyptian Grammar” to pass the time. For the past 31 years, he has combined his work as a philosophy professor at the C.W. Post Campus with pioneering research on mummies. A modern-day Indiana Jones, Dr. Brier has scaled the great pyramids of Egypt, solved the mystery of who killed King Tut, and was the first person in 2,000 years to mummify a human cadaver using the exact techniques of the ancient Egyptians. Recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on mummies, he recently uncovered the secret techniques used to mummify Eva Peron, and is currently examining three Inca children frozen in the Andes 500 years ago. He is the host of award-winning television specials for The Learning Channel and has published several scholarly books on mummies. It’s no wonder his students call him Mr. Mummy.

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