The mystery of a god´s tomb - archive, 8 February 1969
(The Guardian Egypt)

8 February 1969: Out of this temple came enough `objects` to put a new museum of Egyptology on the mapThe whisper in Cairo was that Professor Walter Emery of London University, while digging among the Sakkarah pyramids, had found, or thought he had found, the tomb of Imhotep.Imhotep, brilliant architect of the Pharaoh Zosers `Step` Pyramid at Sakkarah; Grand Vizier; doctor; sage; and magician, is remembered as the outstanding genius of ancient Egypt. Two thousand years after he died he became god of medicine. The Greeks, identifying him with Asklepios, worshipped him as the god of healing. Related: `A goldmine`: mummies` secrets uncovered in Egypt Related: Egypt`s 4,600-year-old pyramid of Zoser: a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 1 Continue reading...