Though his life seems to have lasted until the reign of Huni, last of the third dynasty, he is best remembered for a feat completed for his principal king Zoser under the title of "chief sculptor."  
Until the end of the nineteenth century, this figure whose name means "the one that comes in peace" was regarded as mythological.  Now, he is believed to be the author of the Edwin Smith Papyrus, a collection of writings including 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries which may explain his later identification with Asclepius.  Though his life seems to have lasted until the reign of Huni, last of the third dynasty, he is best remembered for a feat completed for his principal king Zoser under the title of "chief sculptor."  The world's first named architect, FTP, name this creator of the six-stepped mastaba, the earliest known pyramid in Egypt.
Until the end of the nineteenth century, this figure whose name means "the one that comes in peace" was regarded as mythological.  
Imhotep