Wednesday, May 1, 2013
IMHOTEP, THE GREAT MULTI-GENIUS
Imhotep (2655-2600 BC) (Egyptian ii-m-ḥtp *jā-im-ḥatāp meaning "the one who comes in peace")
World's first physician; architect of the first pyramid, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt; chief lector priest; Vizier to Pharaoh Djoser of the 4th Dynasty; worshiped 2500 years as a god; genius