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Imhotep

Egyptian architect, physician, and statesman
Also known as: Imouthes
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Imhotep (born 27th or 26th century bce, Memphis, Egypt) was a vizier, sage, architect, astrologer, and chief minister to Djoser (reigned c. 2592–c. 2566 bce), the first king of Egypt’s third dynasty, who was later worshipped as the god of medicine in Egypt and in Greece, where he was identified with the Greek god of medicine, Asclepius. He is considered to have been the architect of the step pyramid built at the necropolis of Ṣaqqārah...

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