Faraon zoser imhotep biography

Zoser, First God-king and Imhotep
Throughout the early Egyptian dynastic period, as we have seen, concord was short-lived. Periods when the ‘Two lands were united’ and the ‘Two gods were at peace’ implied recovery from anarchy rather than peace.

Although the pharaoh called himself ‘King of Upper and Lower Egypt’, combined ancient traditions in his titles, and celebrated the ‘Feast of the Union of the Two Lands’; although, moreover, the last pharaoh of the 2nd dynasty probably married a northern princess in order to consolidate the union, this unity seemed no more likely to last than earlier efforts.

A strong element was needed to maintain it. This was finally achieved by the creation of the dogma of divine kingship which, as will be made clear, simultaneously resolved both the problem of unity and the question of political priority.

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