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Imhotep (/ ɪ m ˈ h oʊ t ɛ p /; [1] Ancient Egyptian: ỉỉ-m-ḥtp "(the one who) comes in peace"; [2] fl. c. 2625 BC) was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis.
Imhotep Institute Charter High School is a charter high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1998 to offer an African-centered education that emphasizes STEM subjects. [2] During the 2015–16 school year, the school reported an enrollment of 651 students, the most in the school's history. [3]
Imhotep (Ancient Egyptian: ı͗ı͗-m-ḥtp) was an ephemeral ruler that probably reigned in the 9th Dynasty. [1] However, he also may have ruled during the 10th Dynasty . Imhotep is only known from two rock inscriptions in the Wadi Hammamat .
Ankhesenamun's name has entered popular culture as the secret love of the priest Imhotep in the 1932 film The Mummy. The 1999 remake, its sequel and its spin-off television series used the name Anck-su-namun, while other movies like The Mummy's Hand (1940) [21] and the 1959 remake named the character Ananka. [22]
Hotep offering table. Hotep (ḥtp; also rendered hetep [1]) is an Egyptian word that roughly translates as "to be satisfied, at peace". The word also refers to an "offering" ritually presented to a deity or a dead person, hence "be pleased, be gracious, be at peace".
The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.
Attributed to the architect Imhotep, this funerary monument marks the origin of pyramid tombs and is the earliest form of monumental architecture in history. [20] Its design transformed the simple flat mastaba tomb into an elevated structure by replicating it in additional levels stacked one on top of the other, each smaller than the one below ...
In the 1999 remake, Imhotep is portrayed by Arnold Vosloo and is, once again, the main antagonist of the film. In 1290 BC, Imhotep was the high priest of Osiris under the rule of Pharaoh Seti I. He began an affair with Seti's mistress Anck-Su-Namun and they assassinate the Pharaoh when he discovers it. They are discovered and Anck-Su-Namun ...