Imhotep.
Imhotep. Statuette of Imhotep in the Louvre Chancellor of the King of Egypt, Doctor, First in line after the King of Upper Egypt, Administrator of the Great Palace, Hereditary nobleman, High Priest of Heliopolis, Builder, Chief Carpenter, Chief Sculptor, and Maker of Vases in Chief.
He was one of only a few commoners ever to be accorded divine status after death. The center of his cult was Memphis. From the First Intermediate Period onward Imhotep was also revered as a poet and philosopher. Imhotep. Imhotep ~2900 BC Egyptian High Priest Wisdom of the Ancient Sages Architect, Healer, Astronomer, High Priest An Introduction to Imhotep.
