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Quién es quién en el antiguo Egipto? Imhotep
ARTÍCULO DE UNA TAL MIRJIAM (Reapropiado
de Realmagick)
Imhotep was a high courtier under King Djoser (Dynasty III),
who was given the supreme privilege of having his name carved alongside that of
Pharaoh himself. He held the offices of vizier and master sculptor. The Egyptian
priest Manetho stated that he was the inventor of building with blocks of
dressed stone. It is likely that he planned the Step Pyramid at Saqqara
In the Middle and New Kingdoms Imhotep was revered principally
as a scribe, and surviving bronzes depict him seated in the scribal position
with a roll of papyrus open on his knees. This reverence led to his deification
– an extremely rare honor – and in the Ptolemaic period, cult objects to
Imhotep are found as far apart as Saqqara and Philae.
Mention must also be made of his ability as a healer, and in
Greek thinking he became associated with Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine.
Finally, Imhotep’s association with Ptah (whose son he is
considered to be by a lady called Khreduankh) led him to be venerated as an
agent capable of renewing his father’s (i.e.Ptah’s) generative forces. A
stele in the British Museum narrates the story of the Lady Taimhotep, who prayed
to Imhotep for a son. (Her husband was High Priest of Ptah) Imhotep commanded
the embellishment of his sanctuary in north Saqqara. This was done, and in due
course Taimhotep conceived and gave birth to a son on Imhotep’s festival day.
Main center of worship: Other placess: Deir el-Medina: 4th Nome,upper Egypt Philae: Memphis/1st Nome,lower Egypt Article by Mirjam
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