Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid was completed around 2560 BC. Cleopatra died in 30 BC — about 2,500 years later. The Moon landing came just under 2,000 years after her. The pyramids were already ancient monuments when she ruled Egypt.

— Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life — 2010; dates per standard Egyptian chronology
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