Mind-Benders of Greek & Roman History
Ptolemy lived closer to the Moon landing than to the pyramids in his own country
Claudius Ptolemy compiled his great star catalogue and his model of the heavens in Roman Alexandria, in Egypt, around 150 CE. Yet he lived roughly 2,700 years after the Great Pyramid was built and only about 1,800 years before the first Moon landing — closer in time to Apollo 11 than to the monuments standing in his own country.
How we know
Ptolemy active c. 150 CE (Almagest, Alexandria); Great Pyramid c. 2560 BCE; Apollo 11 = 1969 CE. To pyramid ≈ 2,710 yrs; to the Moon landing = 1,819 yrs; to 2026 ≈ 1,876 yrs — closer to Apollo 11 by ~890 yrs.
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