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the oldest identified written diagnosis of cancer to Imhotep. Unfortunately, the therapy Imhotep laconically prescribed for it would be equally recognizable for millennia: "There is none".

In popular culture

Imhotep's name is shared by the antagonist of the 1932 film The Mummy, along with its 1999 remake and the latter's 2001 sequel.

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