1330s 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, daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaten.
• c. 1336 BC – Amarna period in Ancient Egypt ends.
• 1336 BC–1327 BC: Inner coffin of Tutankhamun's sacrophagus, 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.

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.
• 1334 BC/1333 BC—Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler with Akhenaten.
• 1334 BC/1333 BC—Death of Akhenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt.