Who was the royal architect and vizier who designed the Step Pyramid of Pharaoh Djoser at Saqqara, regarded as the world's earliest monumental stone building?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Imhotep
- Step 1: Imhotep served as chancellor, high priest of Ra at Heliopolis, and chief royal architect to King Djoser (c. 2670 BCE).
- Step 2: He stacked six decreasing mastabas of limestone blocks to create the revolutionary Step Pyramid at Saqqara, and was later deified as a god of medicine and wisdom.
Answer
Imhotep.
Why not the others: 'Hemiunu' was the master architect of the Great Pyramid of Giza for King Khufu; 'Senenmut' was the royal architect for Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari; 'Ineni' designed early rock-cut royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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