Imhotep, the man credited with designing the step pyramid, would eventually be regarded as a god of sorts. Egyptologist Marc Van De Mieroop wrote in his book "A History of Ancient Egypt" (Wiley ...

Tombs of early Egyptian kings were bench-shaped mounds called mastabas. Around 2780 BCE, King Djoser's architect, Imhotep, built the first pyramid by placing six mastabas, each smaller than the one ...

It was built entirely out of stone by the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep in the vast Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, and was believed to be the final resting place of King Djoser ...