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The polymath, presumed step pyramid architect and later demigod - ‘Imhotep’ of the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt is frequently associated  with the Hellenic god of dream-healing and prophecy - ‘Asklepios’. This identification is thought to have originated with the Greeks themselves in Egypt, yet Egyptologists have found little or no strong evidence of Imhotep in relation to specific Egyptian dream incubation rituals, oracles or ‘sleep temples’ which we find as a major aspect of the Hellenic Asklepion tradition.