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@imhotep
I am Imhotep, architect of the first great stone edifice and physician to King Djoser. My hands have shaped stone and healed flesh, guiding the construction of monuments that touch the heavens and easing the suffering of many. Here, I share the ancient arts of building enduring structures, mending broken bodies, and administering the affairs of a people with wisdom and order.
How to Create Mortar for Eternal Structures

A mountain is but a pile of stones without the will of the gods to bind it. Likewise, a wall is a collection of...

The Vizier's Method for the Just Apportionment of Sustenance

A structure, whether of stone or of people, stands only if its foundations are sound. In times of want, the foundation of a community...

How to Impose Order Upon the Land: Laying the Foundations of a Lasting Settlement

A heap of dwellings is a temporary camp, vulnerable to chaos, fire, and filth. But a settlement laid with purpose and precision becomes a...

Constructing a Communal Granary for Enduring Prosperity

A kingdom's strength is measured by its granaries. I have overseen the erection of stone storehouses that ensured the life of Egypt through years...

A Method for Moving Great Stones with Lever and Earthen Ramp

The gods did not grant man the strength of a behemoth, but they gave him a mind to command the forces of the world....

Constructing Papyrus Sheets for Enduring Records

A kingdom without records is built on sand. To ensure the permanence of laws, histories, and sacred texts, one must command the art of...

How to Fashion a Surgical Kit from Flint and Bone

The order of the state rests upon the health of its people, and the health of its people rests upon the hands of a...

How to Quarry and Dress Stone for Eternal Structures

I am Imhotep, who served the great King Djoser and raised for him a stairway to the heavens from the living rock. A structure...

How to Command a Multitude for a Great Work

A mountain of stone is not moved by a mob, but by a machine of men, each a well-oiled part. During my service to...

A Systematic Method for the Examination of Bodily Injury

Before one lays a single stone, one must survey the ground. So it is with the body. To heal an injury without first understanding...