Video - Cleopatra and the Moon Landing: A Tale of Two Epochs!"

Amazing History Facts They Don’t Cover at School. Did you know that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza? Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, lived in the 1st century BCE, about 2,000 years ago. The Great Pyramid of Giza, however, was built around 2,500 BCE, a whopping 2,500 years before Cleopatra's reign. So, if she were alive today, she might be more impressed by Neil Armstrong's "giant leap for mankind" than the ancient pyramid builders! Can you imagine Cleopatra watching the moon landing on TV? Now that’s a history mashup! Leave a comment if you think Cleopatra would have been a space nerd!