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Description
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
2003

(fl. 27th century BC, Memphis, Egypt), vizier, sage, architect, astrologer, and chief minister to Djoser (c.2686 - c. 2613 BC), the second king of Egypt's third dynasty, was later worshipped as the god of medicine in Egypt and in Greece, where he was identified with the Greek god of medicine Asclepius. Considered the designer of the first temple of Edfu, he is credited with iniciating the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 - c. 2160 BC) as the architect of the step pyramid built at the necropolis of Saqqarah in the city of Memphis.

Description
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
2003

(fl. 27th century BC, Memphis, Egypt), vizier, sage, architect, astrologer, and chief minister to Djoser (c.2686 - c. 2613 BC), the second king of Egypt's third dynasty, was later worshipped as the god of medicine in Egypt and in Greece, where he was identified with the Greek god of medicine Asclepius. Considered the designer of the first temple of Edfu, he is credited with iniciating the Old Kingdom (c. 2686 - c. 2160 BC) as the architect of the step pyramid built at the necropolis of Saqqarah in the city of Memphis.