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Imhotep

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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 Ancient Egyptian architect, engineer, astronomer, and physician. Born in Memphis in 2800 BCE, he held the position of sage and died in 2700 BCE in Ancient Egypt. He is also identified as an Ancient Egyptian deity.

The name Imhotep is associated with various other figures and works. One such figure is a French male artist in the hip hop genre, tagged with dub, chillout, and electronic music. Additionally, an author named Asar Imhotep has seven works, including *Where Is the Love?* and *Towards a Comparative Dictionary of Cikam and Modern African Languages*.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
7

Top works

  • Where Is the Love?
  • Towards a Comparative Dictionary of Cikam and Modern African Languages
  • Aaluja
  • CiLuba Maweeja, Yoruba, Orisa, and Ancient Egyptian Ax
  • A Contribution to the Debate on the Meaning of the Place-Name Km.t

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1965-05-19
hip hop

Discography

Official siteDiscogsStream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6,942
Total plays
77,476

Tags

dubchilloutelectronicfrenchMark you should check more

Imhotep is Pascal Perez, french artist, born in Alger. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Imhotep">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Multiresolution analysis and spillovers of major cryptocurrency markets

    · 2019 · cited 101x

  2. Inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the interaction between ICT diffusion, and financial development

    · 2022 · cited 70x

  3. Monetary policy and food inflation in South Africa: A quantile regression analysis

    · 2020 · cited 47x

  4. Analysis of EEMD-based quantile-in-quantile approach on spot- futures prices of energy and precious metals in India

    · 2020 · cited 44x

  5. Structural transformation in the presence of trade and financial integration in sub–Saharan Africa

    · 2020 · cited 36x

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Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Ancient Egyptian deity
Gender
male
Citizenship
Ancient Egypt
Place of birth
Memphis
Place of death
Ancient Egypt
Occupation
physician
Position held
sage
Languages spoken
Egyptian
Image
Imhotep.svg
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Commons category
Imhotep
date of birth
2800-01-01
date of death
2700-01-01
Commons gallery
Imhotep
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Sources (6)

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Encyclopedic overview

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

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&nbsp;years following his death, he was gradually glorified and deified.

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&nbsp;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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Imhotep” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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