By: Mary Ankrah
There have been many great and historical persons in the world but one of the world's most famous ancient successful multi-geniuses was Imhotep. He was a doctor, architect, priest, Scribe and Vizier to King Djoser, though this role is unclear to Djoser who reigned from 2630 to 2611 BC as the second king of Egypt's third dynasty.
Imhotep was believed to have lived under four kings and an inscription on one of the fours kings statues indicated Imhotep’s titles as the "chancellor of the king of lower Egypt, the first one under the king, the administrator of the great mansion, the hereditary Noble, the high priest of Heliopolis, the chief sculptor and finally the chief carpenter.”[1]
Although he was born a commoner, his genius, natural skills and commitments, made him rise through the ranks rapidly.
According to history, Imhotep is the first master of architect in the world who built the temple of Edfu, as well as Djoser’s Step Pyramid Complex at Saqqara which is recognized as the first monumental stone structure in Egypt. Aside being an architect, Imhotep is said to be the world's first doctor who described 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries 2,200 years ago even before the Western Father of Medicine Hippocrate Papyrus.
After his death, Imhotep was worshipped as a deity and became a local god at Memphis. “2,000 years after his death, he was elevated to a full god, and replaced Nefertum in the great triad at Memphis.”[2]
In history, Imhotep and Amenhotep were the only mortals who rose to the status of a full god and he was worshipped together with Amenhotep-Son-of Hapus at the Ptolemaic temple to Hathor atf Dier el-Madina and at Karnak in Thebes.
04/04/2011
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