Who was the early architect hired to help build Zoser's tomb and later worshiped as a god in Egypt?

Who was the early architect hired to help build Zoser's tomb and later worshiped as a god in Egypt?

• A. Imhotep
• B. Cheops
• C. Phidias
• D. Scribe

Answer: (A)

Imhotep is the figure here. He served as the architect and vizier for Pharaoh Djoser and designed Zoser’s tomb, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, making him one of the earliest known architects in history. His achievements were later celebrated to the point of deification in Egyptian culture, where he was worshiped as a god of wisdom and medicine. The other names don’t fit: Cheops (Khufu) is associated with the Great Pyramid, not Zoser’s tomb; Phidias was a Greek sculptor; a scribe is a profession, not the architect of a tomb.

Imhotep is the figure here. He served as the architect and vizier for Pharaoh Djoser and designed Zoser’s tomb, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, making him one of the earliest known architects in history. His achievements were later celebrated to the point of deification in Egyptian culture, where he was worshiped as a god of wisdom and medicine. The other names don’t fit: Cheops (Khufu) is associated with the Great Pyramid, not Zoser’s tomb; Phidias was a Greek sculptor; a scribe is a profession, not the architect of a tomb.