1470s BC
Decade
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Events
- c. 1478 BCâ1390 BCâHand mirror, Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
- c. 1473 BCâHatshepsut (18th Dynasty) started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II.
- c. 1473 BCâ1458 BC â Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari is built. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
- c. 1473 BCâ1458 BCâHatshepsut as sphinx, from Deir el-Bahari was made. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Significant people
- Thutmose III, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1479 BCâ1425 BC). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh"[1]
- Hatshepsut, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BCâ1458 BC)
