Imhotep

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ancient Egyptian polymath architect chancellor deified human high priest historical person physician vizier

Imhotep was an ancient Egyptian polymath, high priest, and architect traditionally credited with designing the Step Pyramid of Djoser, one of the earliest monumental stone structures in history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Imhotep canonical 20
Imhotep (The Mummy character) 1
Imhotep (possible) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian polymath ⓘ
architect ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
deified human ⓘ
high priest ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
physician ⓘ
vizier ⓘ
associatedDeity Ptah ⓘ
Ra ⓘ
associatedWith Djoser’s court ⓘ
associatedWithMonument Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Pyramid complex at Saqqara
birthPlace Egypt ⓘ
civilization Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
designed Step Pyramid of Djoser ⓘ
era 3rd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Third Dynasty of Egypt
fieldOfWork administration ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
religion ⓘ
floruit 27th century BCE ⓘ
identifiedWith Asclepius in Greco-Roman tradition ⓘ
knownFor advances in architecture ⓘ
designing one of the earliest monumental stone structures ⓘ
reputation as a great physician ⓘ
wisdom and scholarship ⓘ
laterDeifiedAs god of healing ⓘ
god of medicine ⓘ
patron of scribes ⓘ
legacy considered one of the earliest named architects in history ⓘ
influenced later Egyptian temple and pyramid design ⓘ
meaningOfName He who comes in peace ⓘ
name Imhotep self-link ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
priest ⓘ
scribe ⓘ
vizier ⓘ
position High Priest of Ra at Heliopolis ⓘ
servedUnder Djoser ⓘ
sourceType attested in Old Kingdom inscriptions and later texts ⓘ
veneratedIn Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic period Egypt
workLocation Heliopolis ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara
worshipCenters Deir el-Bahri ⓘ
surface form: Deir el-Bahari

Philae ⓘ
Saqqara necropolis ⓘ
surface form: Saqqara

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saqqara necropolis → architectOfBestKnownStructure → Imhotep ⓘ
Djoser → associatedWith → Imhotep ⓘ
Djoser → pyramidArchitect → Imhotep ⓘ
Revenge of the Mummy – The Ride → featuresCharacter → Imhotep ⓘ
The Mummy → notableCharacter → Imhotep ⓘ
Step Pyramid of Djoser → architect → Imhotep ⓘ
3rd Dynasty of Egypt → associatedArchitect → Imhotep ⓘ
The Mummy Returns (film score) → associatedWithCharacter → Imhotep ⓘ
Imhotep Museum → namedAfter → Imhotep ⓘ
Imhotep Museum → dedicatedTo → Imhotep ⓘ
Imhotep Museum → honors → Imhotep ⓘ
Imhotep → name → Imhotep self-link ⓘ
The Mummy (1999 film score) → associatedWithCharacter → Imhotep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imhotep (The Mummy character)
Jean-Philippe Lauer → associatedWith → Imhotep ⓘ
Boris Karloff → role → Imhotep ⓘ
Netjerikhet → associatedWithArchitect → Imhotep ⓘ
Sekhemkhet → pyramidDesignAttribution → Imhotep ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imhotep (possible)
Rick O’Connell → fightsAgainst → Imhotep ⓘ
Arnold Vosloo → portrayed → Imhotep ⓘ
Ardeth Bay → enemyOf → Imhotep ⓘ
Evelyn Carnahan → enemy → Imhotep ⓘ
South Tomb → architectAttributedTo → Imhotep ⓘ