Imhotep was an Egyptian chancellor to the King Djoser, possible architect of Djoser's step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Very little is known of Imhotep as a historical fig
Statuette of Imhotep, 664–30 BC
The step pyramid of Djoser
Ernest Board: An invocation to I-em-hetep, the Egyptian deity of medicine, c. 1912
Imhotep is the main antagonist of the 1932 film The Mummy, its loose 1999 remake, and the remake's 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. Sofia Boutella plays a female version of the character named Ahmanet i
Imhotep
…of cancer to Imhotep. Unfortunately, the therapy Imhotep laconically prescribed for it would be equally recognizable for millennia: “There is none”. Imhotep's name is shared by the antagonist of the 1932 film The Mummy, along with its 1999 remake and the latter's 2001 sequel. Imhotep Museum…
Boris Karloff as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932)
Arnold Vosloo is Imhotep in The Mummy. (1999)