The 1330s BC is a
decade which lasted from 1339 BC to 1330 BC.
Events and trends
*
1336 BC:
Pharaoh Akhenaten of
Egypt names
Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.
* 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
Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...
period in
Ancient Egypt ends.
* 1336 BC –
1327 BC: Inner
coffin
A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, either for burial or cremation.
Sometimes referred to as a casket, any box in which the dead are buried is a coffin, and while a casket was originally regarded as a box for jewel ...
of
Tutankhamun's
sarcophagus
A sarcophagus (plural sarcophagi or sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and usually displayed above ground, though it may also be buried. The word ''sarcophagus'' comes from the Greek ...
, 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
Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...
, returning the capital to
Thebes.
Significant people
*
1338 BC: Queen
Tiy of
Egypt, Chief Queen of
Amenhotep III
Amenhotep III ( egy, jmn-ḥtp(.w), ''Amānəḥūtpū'' , "Amun is Satisfied"; Hellenized as Amenophis III), also known as Amenhotep the Magnificent or Amenhotep the Great, was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty. According to different ...
and
matriarch of the
Amarna
Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...
family, vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
*
1337 BC: Queen
Nefertiti of
Egypt vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
*
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
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