1470s BC

Events

• c. 1478 BC–1390 BC — Hand mirror, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, is made. It is now at The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 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: Hatshepsut as sphinx, from Deir el-Bahri was made. Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Significant people

• Thutmose III of Egypt, Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty (1479 BC–1425 BC). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh".
• Hatshepsut of Egypt, female Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty (1473 BC–1458 BC).