1470s BC explained

The 1470s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1479 BC to December 31, 1470 BC.

Events

• c. 1478 BC–1390 BC—Hand mirror, Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at the Brooklyn Museum, New York.
• c. 1473 BC—Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty) started to rule. She is a daughter of Thutmose I. Married to her half brother Thutmose II.
• c. 1473 BC–1458 BC – Funerary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari is built. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
• c. 1473 BC–1458 BC—Hatshepsut 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 BC–1425 BC). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh"^[1]
• Hatshepsut, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BC–1458 BC)

Notes and References

1. Schulman . Alan R. . 1965-10-01 . The Chronology of the Amarna Letters, with Special Reference to the Hypothetical Coregency of Amenophis III and Akhenaten. By Edward Fay Campbell Jr. . American Journal of Archaeology . 69 . 4 . 5 . 10.2307/502193 . 0002-9114.