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2670 BCE - 2650 BCE: The Step Pyramid is built by Imhotep under reign of King Djoser.
2667 BCE - 2600 BCE: Attributed dates of Imhotep's medical and architectural achievements.
2667 BCE - 2648 BCE: Imhotep in Egypt writes medical texts describing diagnosis and treatment of 100 diseases and 48 injuries.
1600 BCE: The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an Egyptian medical text, is written, supposedly as a copy of Imhotep's earlier work.
525 BCE: Imhotep is deified in Egypt.