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The '''1470s BC''' was a decade lasting from January 1, 1479 BC to December 31, 1470 BC.
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==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 of Egypt|Eighteenth Dynasty]] (1479 BC–[[1420s BC|1425 BC]]). He was the first who called himself "pharaoh"<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schulman |first=Alan R. |date=1965-10-01 |title=''The Chronology of the Amarna Letters, with Special Reference to the Hypothetical Coregency of Amenophis III and Akhenaten''. By Edward Fay Campbell Jr. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/502193 |journal=American Journal of Archaeology |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=5 |doi=10.2307/502193 |issn=0002-9114|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[Hatshepsut]], female [[Pharaoh]] of the [[Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt|18th Dynasty]] ([[1473 BC]]–[[1458 BC]])

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