Information about High Priests Of Amun At Thebes

Dynasties of Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt

Predynastic Egypt

Protodynastic Period

Early Dynastic Period

1st 2nd

Old Kingdom

3rd 4th 5th 6th

First Intermediate Period

7th 8th 9th 10th

11th (Thebes only)

Middle Kingdom

11th (''All Egypt)

12th 13th 14th

Second Intermediate Period

15th 16th 17th

New Kingdom

18th 19th 20th

Third Intermediate Period

21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th

First Persian Period

Late Period

28th 29th 30th

Second Persian Period

Graeco-Roman Period

Alexander the Great

Ptolemaic Dynasty

Roman Egypt

Arab Conquest

While not regarded as a dynasty per se, the s of Amun at Thebes were nevertheless of such power and influence that they were effectively the rulers of Upper Egypt from 1080 to 945 BC, after this period their influence declined. By the time Herihor was proclaimed as the first ruling High Priest of Amun in 1080 BC--in the 19th Year of Ramesses XI--the Amun priesthood exercised an effective stranglehold on Egypt's economy. The Amun priests owned two-thirds of all the temple lands in Egypt and 90 percent of her ships plus many other resources.^[1] Consequently, the Amun priests were, in reality, as powerful as Pharaoh, if not more. One of the sons of the High Priest Pinedjem I would eventually rule Egypt for almost half-a-decade as Psusennes I while the Theban High Priest Psusennes III would assume take the throne as king Psusennes II--the last ruler of the 21st Dynasty.

Third Intermediate Period timeline

References

See also

• Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt Family Tree
• Twenty-first dynasty of Egypt