Cleopatra lived closer to us than to the pyramids

Cleopatra VII died around 30 BCE — nearer in time to the first Moon landing (about 1,999 years later) than to the building of the Great Pyramid (about 2,530 years earlier). When she ruled Egypt, Khufu's pyramid at Giza was already roughly 2,500 years old — meaning it was older to her than she is to us.

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