Portrait of four Cao Dai high priests, Long Hoa, Tayninh Province, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Whirling dervishes, high priest at Sufi ceremony, Omdurman, Sudan, Africa

Greek Orthodox icon depicting Christ as High Priest, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Humla, shamans. shamans central to ceremonial life, with their spirit possession high point of every collective ritual. Their white wool tufted turnans match description of zhangzhung’s priests

Japan, Kansai, Nara, Shinto Toda Ji Shrine, Great Wood Statue Of A High Priest Ganjin

Stony stairs of tomb of the High Priest pyramid at Chichen Itza Archaeological Site in Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Caribbean Coast, Mexico

Mummy of 126 year old monk Wuxia, in the Longevity Hall, Baisui Gong, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Jiuhua Shan, Anhui province, China, Asia

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

prayer service in Qiyuan Monastery with high ranking monks, Jiuhua Shan Village, Zhiyuan Monastery, Jiuhuashan, Mount Jiuhua, mountain of nine flowers, Anhui province, China, Asia

Clay pots piled on a tomb of the Lord of Sipan archeological site near Chiclayo, Peru in the Lambayeque Valley. Archaeologists uncovered burial places of several lesser important figures besides royalty at Sipan. One, a high priest, had a tomb almost as impressive as the royal ones. Another burial contained 1,137 pots shaped into warriors, priests, prisoners, musicians, and anthropomorphic deities, Sipan, Peru