Throughout History there have been few great heroes and inventors that truly changed civilization and made it into what it is today. With such courage, intelligence, and the simple human nature of discovery do these few citizens rise through the hierarchy and shape history. During ancient Egyptian times, there was one individual who was not only an inventor, but a priest, sage, poet, doctor, astrologer, vizier and chief minister (Dunn). He contributed so much to ancient civilizations that he was considered a G-d, not only to the Egyptians, but to the Romans, Greek, and even early Christians. (Dunn) Throughout his life he created pyramids, learned and treated diseases, and performed surgeries (Dunn). Imhotep shaped history throughout his life, though his greatest contributions were to architecture and construction, and his contribution to medicine and the health system.
Since Imhotep was no pharaoh or even royal, very little is known of his early life. Imhotep is believed to have......
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