1470s BC

thumb | right | Statue of Thutmosis III, pharaoh of Egypt in the 1470s BCEThe 1470s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1479, BC to December 31, 1470, BC. 147 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"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. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/502193 American Journal of Archaeology 69 4 5 10.2307/502193 0002-9114 subscription Hatshepsut, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BC–1458 BC) References