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Imhotep

Also known as Immutef

Imhotep (; "(the one who) comes in peace"; ) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Very little is known of Imhotep as a historical figure, but in the 3,000 years following his death, he was gradually glorified and deified.

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Imhotep was an Egyptian official who served King Djoser as chancellor and possibly designed his famous step pyramid, making him one of ancient Egypt's most important figures. Though little is historically known about his actual life, he became so revered over the following 3,000 years that he was eventually worshipped as a god.

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Person.name: Imhotep
Person.image: Imhotep, donated by Padisu MET DP164134.jpg
Person.caption: Statuette of Imhotep, 664–30 BC
Person.other_names: Asclepius (name in Greek) Imouthes (also name in Greek)
Person.burial_place: Saqqara (probable)
Person.occupation: chancellor to the King Djoser and High Priest of Ra
Person.known_for: Being the architect of Djoser's step pyramid
Person.relatives: Djoser (possible brother; disputed)
Hieroglyphs.name: M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3
Hieroglyphs.name transcription: Imhotep Jj m ḥtp
Hieroglyphs.name explanation: He who comes in peace
Hieroglyphs.name2: M18-G17-R4
Hieroglyphs.name2 transcription: Jj m ḥtp
Hieroglyphs.name3: M17-M17-G17-R4:X1*Q3
Hieroglyphs.name3 transcription: Jj m ḥtp
Hieroglyphs.name4: M17-M17-G17-R4
Hieroglyphs.name4 transcription: Jj m ḥtp
Hieroglyphs.Greek expanded title: Manetho variants:

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Commons category: Imhotep
date of birth: 2800-01-01
date of death: 2700-01-01
Commons gallery: Imhotep

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Historicity
Architecture and engineering
Deification
God of medicine
Post-Alexander period
Medicine
In popular culture
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Traditions from long after Imhotep's death treated him as a great author of wisdom texts and especially as a physician. No extant text from his lifetime mentions these capacities, and none mention his name in the first 1,200 years following his death. The Westcar Papyrus of the Hyksos period, written in classical Middle Egyptian (likely around the 13th Dynasty), contains a story about an official performing a miracle for Djoser, possibly Imhotep. However, this section is badly damaged and no mention of this character's name survived.