2600 BC

Events in 2600 BC 1

• 2650 BC – 2600 BC Imhotep -- the first genius Imhotep (c.2650-2600 BC) is the first named architect, physician and polymath in recorded history. He serves as vizier and chief architect to Pharaoh Djoser (2668-2649 BC) and designs the Step Pyramid at Saqqara -- the world's first large-scale stone monument. He is also revered as a physician and is later deified as a god of medicine (the Greeks identify him with Asclepius). His writings on medicine, astronomy and architecture are lost but are referenced by later authors. That an individual craftsman and administrator is remembered by name 4,500 years later speaks to the impression he made.