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Most people assume that the reign of Cleopatra happened at the same time as the construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids. However, the timeline of history is much stranger than that. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around twenty five hundred years before Christ.

Cleopatra lived and ruled Egypt around thirty BC. This means she lived closer to the invention of the iPhone and modern times than she did to the building of the very pyramids that define ancient Egypt in our minds.

History spans vast stretches of time that our brains struggle to comprehend. Ancient Egypt lasted for thousands of years, encompassing massive cultural shifts and technological changes that occurred long before Rome rose to power.

Share this video with a history lover if you were surprised by this incredible timeline fact.

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00:00Cleopatra lived closer to our time than the pyramids.
00:03The ancient pyramids were built thousands of years earlier.
00:07More time passed between them than between her and us.
00:11Ancient Egypt lasted for a remarkably long period.
00:14History is often much stranger than we imagine.
00:17Did this timeline surprise you?

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