Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

This ancient Kemetic (Egyptian) genius is considered "the first figure of a physician to stand out clearly in the mists of antiquity" -- 2,500 years before the "father of medicine," Hippocrates

  1. Thoth

  2. Imhotep

  3. Khufu

  4. Plato
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Imhotep, architect of the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was deified as a god of healing and medicine in ancient Egypt. He is widely regarded by historians as the first physician whose name is recorded, predating Hippocrates by about 2,500 years. Thoth was a god of wisdom, Khufu a pharaoh, and Plato a Greek philosopher.

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