... he was an architect. Earlier Pharaohs had already built enormous burial arrangements and it was Imhotep who designed the Step Pyramid, the first building in history made entirely of dressed stone. Built west of the administrative capital of Memphis, the Step Pyramid towers over the desert to a height of two hundred feet. Its design was based on the older form of ... , so too did their priests. But no temple was so well endowed as that of Amon at Thebes. Thebes was not just the capital of Egypt but it was the sacred place to Amon, the creator god. He was more than a local god, he came int...

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