1330s BC

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 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.

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.
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

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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
Deaths