High Priest of Ra

The High Priest of Ra or of Re was known in Egyptian as the wr-mꜢw, which translates as Greatest of Seers.
The main cult of Ra was in ancient Heliopolis, northeast of present-day Cairo. The high priests of Ra are not as well documented as the high priests of other deities such as Amun and Ptah.

List of high priests

;Old Kingdom

Imhotep, time of Djoser, Third Dynasty
Prince Rahotep, possibly son of Sneferu, Fourth Dynasty

;Middle Kingdom

Nubkaura-ankh, from offering table and rock inscription
Khakaureemhat, papyrus from Lahun
Maakherure-emhutaat, seal
Ra, seal
Khentyhetep Iyemiatib, seal
Iuefsenef, seal

;New Kingdom
;;Eighteenth Dynasty

Ahmose, son of Amenhotep II. Served during the reign of Thutmose IV
Pawah served during the reign of Akhenaten
Paraemheb served during the reign of Horemheb, and is possibly the same as Paatenemheb in his late career

;;Nineteenth Dynasty

Bak Bak was a royal charioteer and later high priest of Re.
Amenemope, son of the high priest of Amun, Parennefer called Wennefer
Meryatum son of Ramesses II and Nefertari
Rahotep served as Vizier as well as high priest of Re during the reign of Ramesses II.

;;Twentieth Dynasty

Meryatum II served during the Twentieth Dynasty
Nebmaatre, likely a son of Ramesses IX
Related archaeological elements

The Al-Masalla area of the Al-Matariyyah district, the site of Heliopolis, contains the underground tombs of High Priests of Re of the Sixth Dynasty, which were found in the southeast corner of the great Temple of Re—Atum archaeological site. The ancient Masalla Obelisk, or El-Misalla , in Al-Matariyyah is the only surviving element standing of the Re—Atum Temple, constructed by Pharaoh Senusret I of the Twelfth Dynasty.

High Priest of Ra

List of high priests

Related archaeological elements