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FALL 2012 ANTHROPOLOGY SPEAKERS SERIES
presents
Mummification:
Resurrection of a Lost Art
a presentation by
Bob Brier, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow, Long Island University
Bob Brier, known as Mr. Mummy, is an American eqyptologist
specializing in paleopathology. A Senior Research Fellow at the
C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, he has researched
and published on mummies and the mummification process
and has appeared in many Discovery Civilization documenta‐
ries, primarily on ancient Egypt.
Brier has conducted research in mummification practices world‐
wide. He has investigated well‐known mummies such as
Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great, Vladimir Lenin, and Eva
Peron (more commonly known as Evita), and the Medici family.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 2012 ‐ 3:00 PM
VCU Student Commons Theater, 907 Floyd Avenue, First Floor
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
For information, contact: Dr. Christopher Brooks
cabrooks@vcu.edu, 827‐1232
Sponsored by the
School of World Studies/Anthropology
smc 08-12