Imhotep

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by Trustees of the British Museum
published on 28 January 2016

Bronze figure of Imhotep, the architect of Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, represented as a seated scribe, dating from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt when Imhotep was deified some 2,000 years after his death.

British Museum, London.

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