Bob Brier, "Mummification: Resurrection of a Lost Art"

[nataliecarina]

I can't find anywhere online how the DNA sequencing turned out. Does anyone know? Was it the mummification process or the time that causes the DNA issue?

[katheryncruz24]

Like it..

[ChiroQuacker]

i hear bob mummified his old jewish mother and he is collecting her social security checks.....fact

i like this clip but prefer brian wilson's taco bell black op's commercial

[jgonzz10028]

I always learn something new watching this guy. Its amazing he isn't a cable or History channel star. Amazing or a crime.

[toAdmiller]

Chalk me up as yet another Brier fan. But I've always had a hard time accepting the idea that the ancient Egyptians thought the brain was "useless" and that you "thought with your heart". These people were as intelligent as us and when a soldier got a head injury or from a construction accident, and his mental faculties were compromised, the ancient physicians HAD to have made the connection. Also, I think the headrests were ceremonial, they knew that pillows/cushions were more comfortable.

[NinjaNightstar]

Who knew I was eating mummified blueberries? xD haha

[HistoryLover1550]

Brier's one of the best! I love how he explains history. One of my fave Egyptologists!

[ilovemixednuts]

i read his book. Ancient Mummies. its good i learned alot.

[Heimdall209]

A intelligent brilliant man. Just been around old, dead bodies a little to long.

[FuzzyTurtle9000]

Im trying to find one out of youtube for school. reoly if you found one, same video, different site.

[bella10riddle]

Wow, this is amazing. Professor Bryer is my hero. I adore his lectures and enthusiasm, he really is amazing. I may be blind/visually impaired,but I so want to study Egypt (I'm not sure what a blind person can do, but it is my dream!).:)!

[TheFilmMaker7000]

@bella10riddle, I hope you go for it!

[ChiroQuacker]

@bella10riddle

i always wanted to bone a blind chick...i do have a great pyramid in my boxer shorts....we should hook up...come over to my pad

[ChiroQuacker]

@bella10riddle

you're blind..sorry he doesnt look like brad pitt..more like larry fine from the three stooges...i guess that aint much help for a blind chick...

i think i'll get me a blind girlfriend..she wont know how hideous women find me..i couldnt laid in a whore house with a fist full of hundreds

[TheLorimitchell83]

I had Dr. Brier as a professor at Long Island University-- CW Post a few years back.... he's amazing. I teach sixth grade Social Studies now and I get to teach all about Egypt. I feel like I have so much to offer thanks to my experiences with Dr. Brier.

[Tommrazek01]

he is so fine and when he starts speaking about these kind of thing he gets so much in it and he is so excited

[1sunvol]

Where can I fond the video of when he mummified a person?

[CodeLyokoUnited]

@1sunvol if you find it please tell me.

[Raindogs111]

His DVD series from The Learning Company is absolutely fantastic. He's a tremendous lecturer.

[Bellantoni]

There just isn't enough of Bob Brier on youtube.

[CodeLyokoUnited]

I am doing a mummification soon with a stillborn pig (right now we're in the research stage) and this just helped me greatly.

Thanks.

[arpeggio1358]

I've been watching Brier's Egypt lectures from the Learning Company. He's just about the finest lecturer it has ever been my privilege to hear.

[jeanpaul93]

he's my teacher =D

he's really good

[MrNayl0r]

I watched a lecture by Brier today in Northumberland. Lovely guy.

[MoralPlight]

I remember seeing a special about this a long time ago on tv. Really nice to see this and get an update on what they've been doing with it.

[tioedong]

one of the best teachers, and on a subject I like, ancient Egypt.

[phoenician7]

Well Bob, you certainly answered a lot of questions that I had. Something else I would like to know that wasn't mentioned, is :

How soon after death would the dead be mummified? Did it take place right after, like hours, or within a day or so?

Also, at what point did the mummy start to discolor to how the ancient Egyptian mummies looked?

[jazzysattic]

where can i find the ACTUAL mummification vid? i know it was released by national geographic in 1994, labeled 'mr. mummy'

can't find it on the national geographic website, ebay, youtube...

[Graphaks]

I agree. Zahi Hawass is a fraud. Bob is the man.

[Bubu1969]

I LOVE Bob Brier .....he makes me wanna study egyptology. So unlike Zawi Hawass who's so irritating.

[polkadotnic]

@Bubu1969 I totally agree. Brier was the guy that inspired me to apply to study Egyptology, and now I am!

[vodshka]

Cant get enouf of Bob...

[192939sh]

Bob Brier explains everything in such a brilliant modest way. His enthusiasm for his subject is contagious.

[MrDianWei]

@192939sh

I really couldn't agree more, he's been a really driving force in my own studies.

I just wish I had the means to thank him, he truly has been an inspiration and I can attest to what he claims within the lecture series he gave for the teaching company, ancient Egypt really is a place you can lose yourself within.

Thanks Bob!

[jgracebsr]

bob is the best he sais it like it is without the normal stuffy attachments witch most of us grew up with.fair play bob u make history come 2 life

[mightymouseaustralia]

thanks for sharing Bob Brier is the best, hope to meet him one day I loved his TTC lectures.

[isisankh]

Wow, I enjoyed this so much. I really love Bob Brier, he has a way of explaining Egyptian history that honestly inspires me :)

[LifeLight7]

What a wealth knowledge out here on YouTube. Thank for sharing this video.

[evitastories]

Us Evitistas have a way of finding any video with any reference to Evita, don't we? :)