Editing 1330s BC

{{short description|Decade from 1339 BC to 1330 BC}}
The '''1330s BC''' is a [[List of decades|decade]] which lasted from 1339 BC to 1330 BC.
{{Decadebox BC|133}}

==Events and trends==
* [[1336 BC]]: [[Pharaoh]] [[Akhenaten]] of [[Egypt]] names [[Smenkhkare]] as a co-ruler.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fagan |first=Brian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C2aTDAAAQBAJ |title=Lord and Pharaoh: Carnarvon and the Search for Tutankhamun |publisher=Routledge |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-315-42512-2 |page=158 |language=en}}</ref>
* 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, Egypt|Thebes]].

==Significant people==
* [[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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dodson |first=Aidan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mtjEAAAQBAJ |title=Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife |date=6 October 2020 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |isbn=978-1-64903-168-6 |page=134 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[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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