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Imhotep

American  
[im-hoh-tep] / ɪmˈhoʊ tɛp /

noun

  1. flourished 27th century b.c., Egyptian physician, sage, and architect: identified with Asclepius.


Imhotep British  
/ ɪmˈhəʊtɛp /

noun

  1. c. 2600 bc , Egyptian physician and architect. After his death he was worshipped as a god; the Greeks identified him with Asclepius

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Even Imhotep, for all his work on the early pyramids, seems to have inspired only small figurines, and only when he became a deity.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Dujardin had been set to compete in both the individual dressage and team event alongside Carl Hester and world champion Lottie Fry, on new horse Imhotep.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2024

However, Imhotep went beyond this plan and constructed additional smaller stone mastabas, one on top of the other.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Imhotep O. Norman of Spartanburg was sentenced Tuesday, according to the office of 7th Circuit Solicitor Barry Barnette.

From Seattle Times Nov. 10, 2021

To Imhotep must be attributed the earliest known exhortation to man to resign himself to his candle-end of a life, and to the inevitable snuffing-out to come, and to be merry while yet he may.

From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Weigall, Arthur E. P. B.

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