As an architect Imhotep was most famous because he was the designer of the step pyramid.
Before the step pyramid, pharaohs were buried in flat topped structures called mastabas.
The term mastaba comes from the word meaning bench because they look like the benches most Egyptians placed outside their door.
An average mastaba had four walls, a flat top and an underground burial chamber, reached by a vertical shaft or stairwell.
There were also a couple of small rooms above the burial chambers containing various items for the afterlife.
The step pyramid was actually just a number of mastabas placed one on top of the other, each one smaller than the previous one.
Imhotep was the architect, physician, scribe, and grand vizier of the 3rd-Dynasty pharaoh Zoser.
It was Imhotep who conceived and built the Step Pyramid at Sakkara.
In the Late Period, Imhotep was worshipped as the son of Ptah and a god of medicine, as well as the patron (with Thoth) of scribes.
The Greeks considered him to be Asklepios.
As an architect Imhotep was most famous because he was the designer of the step pyramid. Before the step pyramid, pharaohs were buried in flat topped structures called mastabas. The term mastaba comes from the word meaning bench because they look like the benches most Egyptians placed outside their door. An average mastaba had four walls, a flat top and an underground burial chamber, reached by a vertical shaft or stairwell. There were also a couple of small rooms above the burial chambers containing various items for the afterlife. The step pyramid was actually just a number of mastabas placed one on top of the other, each one smaller than the previous one.Imhotep was the architect, physician, scribe, and grand vizier of the 3rd-Dynasty pharaoh Zoser. It was Imhotep who conceived and built the Step Pyramid at Sakkara. In the Late Period, Imhotep was worshipped as the son of Ptah and a god of medicine, as well as the patron (with Thoth) of scribes. The Greeks considered him to be Asklepios.
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