Egypt was home to the first known scientist, Imhotep, a brilliant Black physician. Famous for designing King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian polymath Imhotep (Greek: Imouthes, c.

Imhotep, the villain in "The Mummy," was a ... "The idea of booby traps in ancient-Egyptian tombs is something that comes from the imagination of film writers," he said. "There were false doors ...

Imhotep lived during the reign of King Djoser (2630-2611BC) and was the architect of the step pyramid at Saqquara, the first pyramid ever built in Egypt. Born a commoner, he quickly rose through the ...

Conjuring up images of Ancient Egypt typically involves Hollywood films — Elizabeth Taylor as Cleopatra or Arnold Vosloo as high priest Imhotep in “The Mummy” — but the ancient ...

Imhotep, designer of the first step pyramid ... as a reward for constructing their pharaoh’s sacred tomb. Ancient Egyptian kings were determined not to arrive in the afterlife empty-handed.

With every line of dialogue Imhotep has in the movie spoken in ancient Egyptian, Vosloo is tasked with selling a three-dimensional villain whom virtually no modern audience member can understand ...