October 26, 2010

Neat fact about Cleopatra

The Great Pyramid of Giza was finished around 2560 BC. Cleopatra VII Philopator (i.e. the one that's just called Cleopatra) was born in 69 BC. The Apollo program accomplished its goal of landing on the moon in 1969.

In other words, Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landings than to the construction of the Great Pyramid, by a margin of hundreds of years.

Wow.

1 comment:

Amy said...

I always thought Cleo was a bit looney.