December
1, 1950
The High Priest of Ra
Near Cairo, a villager who
had been digging a ditch found the tomb of the High Priest of Heliopolis,
Ra-Djaa. French Egyptologist Étienne Drioton announced the discovery of the
sarcophagus the next day, and said that the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the
wall of the tomb identified Ra-Djaa's name and office, as well as confirming
that the priest had died around 660 B.C., during the beginning of Egypt's 26th
Dynasty, when Psamtik I was the Pharaoh.
The High Priest of Ra, or
the Greatest of Seers is the main cult of Ra was in ancient Heliopolis,
northeast of present-day Cairo. The high priests of Ra are not well documented.
Ra is the ancient Egyptian
sun god. By the Fifth Dynasty in the 25th & 24th centuries BC, he had
become a major god in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the
noon sun. All forms of life were
believed to have been created by Ra, who called each of them into existence by
speaking their secret names. Alternatively man was created from Ra's tears and sweat;
hence the Egyptians call themselves the "Cattle of Ra."
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