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> Those characters depicted in the Book of Genesis
> are entirely fictional.
First, it's interesting that Imhotep was so "legendary" as to be deified, but his deification only happened in Late Dynastic, centuries after his alleged death.
And just as biblical names appear in ancient scriptures, Imhotep's name apparently occurs only twice as a contemporaneous figure -- in an inscription at the base of a Djoser statue, and also there's an instance of graffito (neither are really "proof" of contemporaneous though). He also appears much later, e.g., in the Famine Stele inscription and a demotic papyrus, both dated centuries after his death.
Is there more proof of Imhotep's existence than there is for the existence of biblical characters?
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 27-Feb-17 17:09 by Origyptian.
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> Those characters depicted in the Book of Genesis
> are entirely fictional.
First, it's interesting that Imhotep was so "legendary" as to be deified, but his deification only happened in Late Dynastic, centuries after his alleged death.
And just as biblical names appear in ancient scriptures, Imhotep's name apparently occurs only twice as a contemporaneous figure -- in an inscription at the base of a Djoser statue, and also there's an instance of graffito (neither are really "proof" of contemporaneous though). He also appears much later, e.g., in the Famine Stele inscription and a demotic papyrus, both dated centuries after his death.
Is there more proof of Imhotep's existence than there is for the existence of biblical characters?
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How can any of us ever know, when all we can do is think?
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 27-Feb-17 17:09 by Origyptian.
