Ramessesnakht

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Ramessesnakht was appointed as the High Priest of Amun at Thebes under Ramesses IV. He served in office until the reign of Ramesses IX. Ramessesnakht was married to Adjedet-Aat and had at least two sons: Nebamun and Amenhotep, and a daughter Tamerit.^[1] His son Amenhotep would succeed him in office. It was during Ramessesnakht's tenure that the power and importance of the Amun priesthood grew over Egypt while the Pharaoh's power began to notoceably decline.

While in office, the High Priest Ramessesnakht personally led a massive mining expedition to the rock quarries of Wadi Hammamat in Year 3 of Ramesses IV which consisted of 8,368 men alone including 5,000 soldiers, 2,000 personnel of the Amun temples, 800 Apiru and 130 stonemasons and quarrymen.^[2] He was buried in TT293.

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