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History · True or False?

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

The answer is True.

Explanation

The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2560 BC, while Cleopatra lived around 30 BC, meaning the pyramid was already about 2,500 years old in her day. Since nearly 2,000 years separate Cleopatra from 1969, she really is closer to us than to the people who built the Great Pyramid.

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