...alongside Zoser's title of Neterikhet (body of the neter) , Imhotep is cited with his manifold titles: Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt, the First after...the Builder, the Sculptor, the Maker of Stone Vases. But this early super-Leonardo is known to us only through his titles, and the legends that grew up...

...fifty in the Louvre, and ten in the Hermitage (Hurray, 1928). contemporary inscription describes him as "chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, the first...Egypt, administrator of the great palace, hereditary noble, high priest of Heliopolis, the builder, the sculptor." He is credited with designing the step...

...culture which was more obsessed with titles than ancient Egypt, and this inscription does not disappoint: The chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, the first after the king of Upper Egypt, administrator ofthe great palace, hereditary lord, Greatest of Seers, Imhotep, the builder, the sculptor, the maker...

...the King of Lower Egypt, Chief under the King, Administrator of the Great Palace, Hereditary Lord, High Priest of Heliopolis, Imhotep the Builder, the Sculptor, the Maker of stone vases, .." The Bible tells of Pharaoh honoring Joseph with much the same offices, "Thou shall be over my house...