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Was Cleopatra closer to the Moon landing or the pyramids?

Cleopatra (born 69 BC) lived about 450 years closer in time to the Moon landing than to the completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza (c. 2560 BC).

Source: Standard chronology; Lehner (1997).

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Yes. The Great Pyramid was finished around 2560 BC and Cleopatra was born in 69 BC, roughly 2,490 years later. From her birth to the Moon landing in 1969 is about 2,040 years.

The pyramids were already ancient monuments to her; the gap between them and her is longer than the gap between her and us. Ancient Egypt lasted long enough that it had its own ancient history.

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