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 The Bible places Joseph around 1900BC while the traditional Egyptian Chronology puts Imhotep very near the boundary of the Flood, near 2500 BC. Imhotep is very close to the Flood in no uncertain terms. Ham, son of Noah is a far better candidate for this connection. Joseph simply appeared too long afterward.
-The Bible does not say what Joseph did with the last 66yrs of his life but it does say that Joseph was so respected by the Egyptians, that he was given a royal Egyptian burial and his body was embalmed. Joseph's body was removed in the Exodus. That Imhotep's grave has not been found is not a connection. Many Egyptian graves have not been found. As one famous detective has noted, "the absence of evidence is not evidence".
+The Bible does not say what Joseph did with the last 66yrs of his life but it does say that Joseph was so respected by the Egyptians, that he was given a royal Egyptian burial and his body was embalmed. Joseph's body was removed in the Exodus. Imhotep's tomb was located close to the Ibis Galleries in Saqqara, however, his sarcophagus was empty and his mummy has never been located.
 ''Imhotep'' was eventually deified but how he was perceived by the Egyptians and the Greeks has no bearing on who he was. A hot debate remains even today as to whether Imhotep was a real person or just a legend.