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The Imhotep Museum, Saqqarah
 Opened
in April 2006, the Imhotep Museum is named after Djoser's chief
architect. At the museum's entrance a fragmentary statue of Djoser
records the king's name and that of Imhotep. Imhotep was worshipped
as a demi-god in the Greaco-Roman period. His titles included:
Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt,
Doctor, First after the King of Upper Egypt, Administrator of
the Great Palace, Hereditary nobleman, High Priest of Heliopolis,
Builder, Chief Carpenter, Chief Sculptor and Maker of Vases in
Chief.
The Museum boasts a Visitors' Centre and
five large halls housing masterpieces of Egyptian art and architecture
from the Saqqarah area. Displayed items include: the 'famine-relief'
stela from the Unas Causeway; funerary items from Djoser's step
pyramid; Old Kingdom wooden statues; and recently discovered New
Kingdom statues.
Statue of a New Kingdom
couple, Imhotep Museum
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