| Title | Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt
Administrator of the Great Palace
High Priest of Heliopolis |
| Cult Center | Memphis |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | His real father was an architect named Kanofer
Mythological father Ptah |
| Mother | His real mother was Khreduonkh from Mendes
Mythological mother Sekhmet |
| Consort | Ronfrenofert |
| Patron - Dominion | architecture
Medicine |
| Dedicated Shrines | Temple of Hathor at Dier el-Medina
Amun at Karnak
A sanctuary on the upper terrace of the Deir el Bahari Temple |
| Appearance | An ordinary man who is dressed in plain attire
A scribe seated on a chair with a roll of papyrus on his knees or under his arm |
| Greek equivalent | God of medicineAsclepius |
Imhotep was the Vizier of Zoser,
he designed the Step Pyramid of Saqqara,
and may have been responsible for the first known use of columns in architecture.
For this reason many scholars consider him the father of Architecture
He lived around 2600 BC.
He is the founder of Egyptian medicine and the author of the remarkable Edwin Smith papyrus
Imhotep also preached on the philosophy of life, including the proverb "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we shall die."
About 100 years after his death, he was elevated as a medical demigod.
In about 525 BC., around 2,000 years after his death, he was elevated to a full god, and replaced Nefertum in the great triad at Memphis,
becoming one of only a few commoners ever to be given a divine status
His name means "the one who comes in peace"
His burial was never found, but it is believed to be at Saqqara
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