Imhotep in the 3rd dynasty is sometimes credited with being the founder of ancient Egyptian medicine and with being the original author of the Edwin Smith Papyrus, detailing cures, ailments and anatomical observations.

Imhotep is credited with being the founder of medicine.

What makes this mystery somewhat ironic is that the name " Imhotep " in Ancient Egyptian language translates to “ He who came in peace ,” underlining the way he came into the world, made his impact, and left it in peace taking all his genius work with him.

It is Imhotep, says Sir William Osler, who was the real " Father of Medicine ", " the first figure of a physician to stand out clearly from the mists of antiquity.

Imhotep is credited with having been instrumental in ending it.

* " Imhotep " is the title of a video game.

The Egyptian Imhotep ( 3rd millennium BC ) is the first physician in history known by name.

Finally, another intriguing first is the identification of the architect Imhotep, who is credited with the design and construction of the complex.

King Djoser's architect, Imhotep is credited with the development of building with stone and with the conception of the new architectural form — the Step Pyramid.

* Seti I was portrayed by actor Aharon Ipalé in the films The Mummy and its sequel The Mummy Returns as a pharaoh who is murdered by his high priest Imhotep and his mistress Anck-su-namun.

An Ancient Egyptian priest called Imhotep ( Boris Karloff ) is revived when an archaeological expedition finds Imhotep's mummy and one of the archaeologists, despite a warning, recklessly reads aloud an ancient life-giving spell.

Ten years later, Imhotep calls upon two archaeologists, claims that his name is Ardath Bey, a modern Egyptian, and shows them where to dig to find Ankh-es-en-amon's tomb.

The 1999 Universal film The Mummy also suggests that it is a remake of the 1932 movie, and may be considered as such in that its titular character is Imhotep, resurrected from the dead by the Scroll of Thoth and out to find the present-day embodiment of the soul of his beloved Anck-su-namun, but develops there from a different story line, in common with most postmodern remakes of classic horror and science-fiction films.

What makes this particular set of writings most important to medical history and understandings of the time is the fact that Imhotep took a more scientific rather than magic approach to medicine and disease.

* Her name is used as the love of Imhotep, the titular mummy in the original 1932 film The Mummy, which was made after the publicity surrounding the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.

The second historically documented Egyptian pyramid is attributed to the architect Imhotep, who planned what Egyptologists believe to be a tomb for the pharaoh Djoser.

Imhotep is credited with being the first to conceive the notion of stacking mastabas on top of each other – creating an edifice composed of a number of " steps " that decreased in size towards its apex.

IAM is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton ( Philippe Fragione ), Shurik ' n ( Geoffroy Mussard ), Khéops ( Eric Mazel ), Imhotep ( Pascal Perez ), and Kephren ( François Mendy ).

Arnold Vosloo ( born 16 June 1962 ) is a South African actor, best known for playing Imhotep in The Mummy ( 1999 ) and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant ( 1994 ) and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die.

The name of the hero, who is said to have performed the miracle, is completely lost, but Liechtheim and Lepper think it possible that the Papyrus was talking about the famous architect and high lector priest Imhotep.

The text is attributed by some to Imhotep, an architect, high priest, and physician of the Old Kingdom, 3000-2500 BCE ,.

In Ancient Egyptian architecture as early as 2600 BC the architect Imhotep made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds ; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinders were also common.

It could include gods adopted from foreign cultures, and sometimes even humans: deceased pharaohs were believed to be divine, and occasionally, distinguished commoners such as Imhotep also became deified.

From the First Intermediate Period onward Imhotep was also revered as a poet and philosopher.

Egyptians considered Imhotep as a creative and inventive intellectual by the way he enlarged the burial site at Sakkara that was also constructed in stages.

He was also honored by the Romans, particularly the emperors Claudius and Tiberius whom had inscriptions that praised Imhotep on the walls of many of their Egyptian temples.

Imhotep was also linked to Asklepios by the Greeks.

Notable Islamic medical pioneers include the polymath, Avicenna, who, along with Imhotep and Hippocrates, has also been called the " father of medicine ".

Although not certain, it has been believed that during a 40 year period of the Third Dynasty, Imhotep influenced and was the ultimate master builder of numerous other projects which have been finished.

This mission, which was launched by the Pharaoh Imhotep, included the giant whom Sam Clemens calls Joe Miller ( believed by the Egyptians to be an incarnation of the god Thoth ).

His sayings were famously referred to in poems: " I have heard the words of Imhotep and Hordedef with whose discourses men speak so much.

Considered to be the first engineer, architect and physician in history known by name, Imhotep designed the Pyramid of Djoser ( the Step Pyramid ) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC, and may have been responsible for the first known use of columns in architecture.

* 1999: First computer generated character to have a full human anatomy, Imhotep in The Mummy

It seems to have been a text detailing a miracle performed by a lector priest in the reign of king Djoser, possibly the famous Imhotep himself.

Statuette of ancient Egyptian physician Imhotep, the first physician from antiquity known by name.

* 2600 BC – Imhotep wrote texts on ancient Egyptian medicine describing diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases in 3rd dynasty Egypt.

The Egyptian Priest and Polymath Imhotep had been deified long after his death and therefore assimilated to Thoth in the classical and Hellenistic period.

* Molefi Kete Asante, professor, author: Afrocentricity: The theory of Social Change ; The Afrocentric Idea ; The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten

The most famous Egyptian physician was Imhotep, in Memphis about 2500 B. C. E.

* Egyptian mythos (" Pharaonic Pantheon "), among them: Re-Horakthy, Anubis, Apep, Bast, Bes, Hathor, Imhotep, Isis, Nephthys, Osiris, Ptah, Set, Sobek and Thoth

In the adventure film The Mummy, the Medjay were the bodyguards of the Egyptian Pharaohs, with the name thereafter being used to describe the society composed of their descendants who were pledged to prevent anyone finding the mummy of high priest Imhotep and bringing him back from the dead.

In both films he played Imhotep, an ancient Egyptian high priest and the main antagonist.

The quiet lives of an Egyptian family are disturbed when the father, Imhotep, returns from the North with his new concubine, Nofret, who begins to sow discontent amongst them.

Imhotep in the 3rd dynasty is credited as the original author of the papyrus text, and founder of ancient Egyptian medicine.