Cleopatra lived closer to the Moon landing than to the Giza Pyramids.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu in Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, around 2560 BCE. Cleopatra VII Philopator reigned over the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 51 BCE and 30 BCE—roughly 2,500 years after the Great Pyramid was completed. The Apollo 11 Moon landing occurred on 20 July 1969 CE, approximately 2,000 years after Cleopatra’s death. Chronologically, Cleopatra lived half a millennium closer to Neil Armstrong than to the builders of Giza.

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