Before Greece. Before Rome. Before Europe knew medicine…
There was Imhotep.
Born around 2650 BCE in Kemet (ancient Egypt), Imhotep was a master of many disciplines: a physician, architect, engineer, scribe, priest, and philosopher. He served under Pharaoh Djoser as Chancellor and High Priest of the Sun God Ra.
His most famous creation?
The Step Pyramid of Saqqara — the first monumental stone building in the world. Imhotep didn't just build a tomb — he changed architecture forever.
But his genius went beyond bricks.
Imhotep wrote medical texts thousands of years before Hippocrates, treating over 200 conditions with clinical detail — head, heart, intestines, trauma. While others turned to superstition, he used observation and science.
He was so respected that later Egyptians deified him — making him a god of wisdom and healing. Yet modern history books barely mention him.
Why?
Because Imhotep was African.
Because he proved that intelligence, innovation, and spiritual knowledge weren’t born in Europe — they were born on the Nile.
📚 Why He’s in The Archives:
Because Black brilliance is ancient.
Because the first genius wasn’t white — he was African.
Imhotep didn’t just build pyramids.
He built the blueprint for human progress.