Mind-Benders of Mesopotamian History
Almost exactly halfway to the pyramids
Around 290 BCE, the Babylonian priest Berossus wrote a history of Babylon in Greek for the newly Hellenistic world. He lived at almost the exact midpoint in time between the building of the Great Pyramid (c. 2560 BCE) and today — the deep past was about as distant to him as he is to us.
How we know
Berossus wrote the Babyloniaca in Greek c. 290–278 BCE (dedicated to Antiochus I); Great Pyramid of Khufu completed c. 2560 BCE. Back to pyramid 2560−290 = 2270 yrs; forward to 2026 CE = 2316 yrs; difference 46 yrs.
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