Imhotep Sightings
- The Edwin Smith Papyrus http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/smith/smith.html 1600BC
This was written way after my time, but I probably supplied the info that went into this Medicine 101 document. It tells docs how to treat injuries, but it also talks about more complicated—and gross—maladies.
- The Famine Stele http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/famine_stele.htm 400BC - 300BC
When there's a famine in Egypt, who you gonna call? Djoser! And who's Djoser gonna call? That's right: Yours truly, Imhotep.
- History of Egypt by Manetho http://archive.org/stream/manethowithengli00maneuoft/manethowithengli00maneuoft_djvu.txt 300BC - 200BC
Manetho took on a really big project by writing the entire history of Egypt. Stick with it until the Third Dynasty chapter, though, and you can read a shout-out to my medical and architectural skills.
- The Hymn to Imhotep http://books.google.com/books?id=08c6NfxsHmkC&pg=PA104&dq=famine+stele+imhotep&hl=en&sa=X&ei=O4qvUZOnMPGG0QGD1IG4AQ&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=famine%20stele%20imhotep&f=false 100BC - 1BC
Now that I'm a god, people pray all the time to my majesty. What can I say? The people love me. Anyway, this particular hymn is inscribed on the temple of my sometimes-dad, Ptah, at Karnak, and it tells about all the great gifts the locals give me.
- The Book of Thoth http://books.google.com/books?id=_x5Y7uKaDdEC&dq=oxyrhynchus+papyrus+1381+imhotep&source=gbs_navlinks_s 400BC - 1BC
Thoth and I are buddies—we both love to read and write—and in his big book, I talk about my own festival, since Thoth's get plenty of face time. Yes, technically I am his servant, but I prefer to say that I've learned a ton from him over the years.