He suggests, too, that Cleopatra's true loves were not Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, but her four children. When Brier isn't on TV, he's at C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, where he chairs the philosophy department and teaches Egyptology. He speaks Arabic and reads and writes hieroglyphics. He learned to do that when he was a 20-something basketball player recuperating from a knee operation. What he learned to read was so interesting, he became an Egyptologist.
Brier is a wonderful guide.
His knowledge is awesome and his enthusiasm is contagious. It's his script. I'm not a TV person. The Great Egyptian s is great, and a great, fun way to learn.