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• 1338 BC - Queen TiyTiy (c. 1398 BC 1338 BC) was the Chief Queen of Amenhotep III and matriarch of the Amarna family. By all accounts, she was a very beautiful woman. Tjuyu, Tiy’s mother was Egyptian (a descendant of Ahmose Nefertari), and it appears from his mummy that her of EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797, Chief Queen of Amenhotep IIIgyptisches Museum, Berlin Colossus of Memnon Amenhotep III (called Nibmu(`w)areya in the Amarna letters) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the XVIIIth dynasty. According to different authors he ruled ca. 1413-1377 BC, 1405-1367 BC, or 1386-1349 BC, following on and matriarchA matriarch is a mother, head, or other female person in a family who exerts influence over the other family members. The term is usually applied to the oldest female in an extended family, who by virtue of her position has a degree of authority over fami of the AmarnaAmarna (commonly known as el-Amarna is the name given to an extensive archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. The name for the city used by the ancient Egyptians family vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
• 1336 BC - Queen NefertitiNefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV (later Akhenaten), and mother-in-law of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Her name roughly translates to "the beautiful one is come". She also shares her name with a type of elongated gold bead that she w of EgyptJumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah ( In Detail) Official language Arabic Capital Cairo Largest City Cairo President Hosni Mubarak Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif Area Total % water Ranked 29th 1,001,450 km² 0. 6% Population Total (2003) Density Ranked 15th 74,718,797 vanishes from the historical record. Presumed death.
• 1336 BC - PharaohThis article refers to the historical Pharaoh. For Pharaoh in the Book of Abraham, see Pharaoh (Book of Abraham). Pharaoh Standard Hebrew Paro Tiberian Hebrew Paroh is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. See History of E Akhenaton of Egypt names Smenkhkare as a co-ruler.
• 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Smenkhkare, Pharaoh of Egypt and co-ruler of Akhenaton.
• 1334 BC/1333 BC - Death of Akhenaton, Pharaoh of Egypt.
• 1334 BC/1333 BC - Tutankhaten becomes Pharaoh of Egypt and marries Ankhesenpaaten, daughter and wife of his predecessor Akhenaton.
• 1331 BC - Pharaoh Tutankhaten of Egypt renames himself to Tutankhamun and abandons Amarna, returning the capital to Thebes.