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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.
Egyptian Museum: Base of a Djoser statue with royal titulary Niche with panel showing the king Netjerykhet (Djoser) walking towards the shrine of Horus of Behedet (modern Edfu). Djoser (also read as Djeser and Zoser ) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the 3rd Dynasty during the Old Kingdom , and was the founder of that epoch.
The enclosure wall of Djoser's pyramid complex, restored by J. P. Lauer. His collaboration with Firth working very well, Lauer's position was regularly renewed, and by 1928, he was still in Saqqara. There he met Marguerite Jouguet, the daughter of the renowned Hellenist Pierre Jouguet , who had been appointed director of the Institut Français ...
The pyramid of Djoser, [a] sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser or Zoser, Step Pyramid of Horus Neterikhet is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the ruins of Memphis. [4] It is the first Egyptian pyramid to be built. The 6-tier, 4-sided structure is the earliest colossal stone building in Egypt. [5]
The Turin King List scribe wrote Djoser's name in red ink, which indicates the Ancient Egyptians' recognition of this king's historical importance in their culture. In any case, Djoser is the best known king of this dynasty, for commissioning his vizier Imhotep to build the earliest surviving pyramids, the Step Pyramid.
The development of finite element programs has led to the ability to accurately predict the stresses in complex structures, and allowed great advances in structural engineering design and architecture. In the 1960s and 70s computational analysis was used in a significant way for the first time on the design of the Sydney Opera House roof. Many ...
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects (Italian: Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori) is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-century Italian painter and architect Giorgio Vasari, which is considered "perhaps the most famous, and even today the most-read work of the older literature of art", [1] "some of the Italian Renaissance's ...
Djoser and his half-sister Hetephernebti; Djedefre and his full sister Hetepheres II, [48] who was previously married to her half-brother Kawab [49] Pepi II Neferkare and his half-sisters Iput II [50] and Ankhesenpepi III; Intef III and his half-sister Iah [51] Mentuhotep II and his full sister Neferu II [52] Senusret I and his half-sister ...