who is imhotep?
Imhotep (2667 BC - 2648 BC) Bronze statue of Imhotep Â© Imhotep was chief architect to the Egyptian pharaoh Djoser (reigned c.2630 - c.2611 BC). He was responsible for the world's first known monumental stone building, the Step Pyramid at Sakkara and is the first architect we know by name.