Seriously? I find that incredibly unlikely.Īs I suspected, I couldn’t find any reputable scholars discussing such a topic. I was surprised to see that someone thinks that the stepped pyramid was actually created to store grain (for the biblical famine associated with Joseph).
If you’re curious, you can see two less-scholarly sites here and here. For years I have meant to research this topic and see what speculations exist, and I decided that today was the day.Īfter doing an initial search, I discovered that a lot of people speculate that Joseph and Imhotep are the same person. I have been quite skeptical of this theory for years, largely because none of my art history textbooks allude to any connection between the two historical figures. 2530-2611 BC, shown right), may have been the biblical figure Joseph of Egypt. About a decade ago, when I was sitting in one of my early art history courses, my professor offhandedly mentioned some speculations that Imhotep, the architect of the Stepped Pyramid at Djoser (ca.
