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1330s BC
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February 23, 2025
Decade from 1339 BC to 1330 BC
The
1330s BC
is a
decade
which lasted from 1339 BC to 1330 BC.
Contents
Events and trends
Significant people
References
Millennium
2nd
millennium
BC
Centuries
15th
century
BC
14th
century
BC
13th
century
BC
Decades
1350s
BC
1340s
BC
1330s
BC
1320s
BC
1310s
BC
Years
1339
BC
1338
BC
1337
BC
1336
BC
1335
BC
1334
BC
1333
BC
1332
BC
1331
BC
1330
BC
Categories
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Events and trends
1336 BC
:
Pharaoh
Akhenaten
of
Egypt
names
Smenkhkare
as a co-ruler.
[
1
]
1336 BC:
Tutankhaten
becomes
Pharaoh
of
Egypt
and marries
Ankhesenpaaten
, his half sister and cousin as well as a daughter of his predecessor
Akhenaten
.
c. 1336 BC:
Amarna
period in
Ancient Egypt
ends.
1336 BC –
1327 BC
: Inner
coffin
of
Tutankhamun
's
sarcophagus
, from the tomb of
Tutankhamun
,
Valley of the Kings
near
Deir el-Bahri
is made. 18th dynasty. It is now in
Egyptian Museum
,
Cairo
.
1331 BC
:
Pharaoh
Tutankhaten
of
Egypt
renames himself to
Tutankhamun
and abandons
Amarna
, returning the capital to
Thebes
.
Significant people
1338 BC
: Queen
Tiy
of
Egypt
, Chief Queen of
Amenhotep III
and
matriarch
of the
Amarna
family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
1337 BC
: Queen
Nefertiti
of
Egypt
vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
[
2
]
1334 BC
: Death of
Smenkhkare
,
Pharaoh
of
Egypt
and co-ruler with
Akhenaten
. Alternative date is
1333 BC
1334 BC
: Death of
Akhenaten
,
Pharaoh
of
Egypt
. Alternative date is
1333 BC
References
↑
Fagan, Brian (2016).
Lord and Pharaoh: Carnarvon and the Search for Tutankhamun
. Routledge. p.
158.
ISBN
978-1-315-42512-2
.
↑
Dodson, Aidan (6 October 2020).
Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife
. American University in Cairo Press. p.
134.
ISBN
978-1-64903-168-6
.
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