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title: Imhotep
author: Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4514/imhotep/
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updated: 2024-07-19
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# Imhotep
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4514.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) figure of Imhotep, the architect of [Djoser](https://www.worldhistory.org/Djoser/)'s Step [Pyramid](https://www.worldhistory.org/pyramid/) at Saqqara, represented as a seated scribe, dating from the [Late Period of Ancient Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/Late_Period_of_Ancient_Egypt/) when Imhotep was deified some 2,000 years after his [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/).
British Museum, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. o. t. B. (2016, January 28). Imhotep. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Imhotep." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 28, 2016. .
### MLA
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Imhotep." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Jan 2016, .
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