Imhotep

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Djoser's great funerary monument was in fact the first to be constructed wholly with stone . The royal tombs of the previous dynasties were brick mastabas with little use of granite and limestone . For that reason , Djoser was famous for inventing stone-built architecture with the help of his architect Imhotep . Thus , Imhotep had become an object of a popular cult .
Imhotep is thought to have lived until the Huni Reign , until the end of the Third Dynasty . He assumed many offices: high Priest of Heliopolis , Lector Priest , and Chief Architect . Fame , however , had driven from his post as an architect and he developed a reputation as one of the most striking personalities of his time . He was described in the literature of the New Kingdom as a patron of scribes , not because of his writing talent but because of his glory as a personification of wisdom and education . His intellectual faculties provided evidence for the offices that he probably assumed under Djoser Reign .
In fact , it was due to his achievements as a wise counselor (which was identical to those that made by Ptah) , that Imhotep was described in the Turin Canon as the son of Ptah . The Geeks who knew him as Imouthes recognized his specialization in solving the medical problems and identified him with their own god of medicine , Asklepios . A cult of Imhotep was to spread from Alexandria to Meroe and even to survive the Pharaonic Civilization . Last but not least , his tomb is said to be located at Saqqara .