EGYPTIAN

MYTHOLOGY
IMHOTEP
Imhotep was one
of the world
history's most
versatile geniuses.
Inventor of the
pyramid, author of 2

ancient wisdom,
architect, high
priest, physician,
astronomer, and
scribe.
- He was worshipped as
the god of medicine in
Egypt.
-His mythological
parents are Ptah, the
creator of the universe,
and Sekhmet, the goddess
of war and pestilence.
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 He is
considered to
have been the
architect of
the step 4

pyramid built at
the necropolis
of Ṣaqqārah in
the city
of Memphis.
NEFERTEM Nefertem, also
spelled Nefertum,
or Nefertemu, in
ancient Egyptian
religion, youthful 5

god associated
with the lotus
flower.
 Because of
the water-lily
flower opens at
sunrise, 6

Nefertem was
associated with
the rising sun.
-He was sometimes
shown as a lion-
headed god because
of his mother
Sekhmet. That gave
him the role of a war
god

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GEB Geb is one of
the most
important
gods in
ancient Egypt
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and was
known as the
God of the
earth.
-Geb was
represented usually
as a man wearing a
combination of the
white crown and 9

the Atef crown,

although he was
also depicted as a
goose, his sacred
animal.
-It’s said that earthquakes
where the laughter’s of Geb
and it was him who supplied
precious stones and minerals
which could be found in the
caves and mines so he was
recognized as the god of the
mines and caves.

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