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View Name: Imhotep


IMHOTEP
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: im-HO-tep (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "he comes in peace" in Egyptian. This was the name of the architect, priest, physician and chief minister to the pharaoh Djoser. Imhotep apparently designed the step pyramid at Saqqara, near Memphis.
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