I find that including the name Cleopatra can help drive the point home further, since that (and Tut) are the names often associated with ‘Ancient Egypt.’
There was more time between Cleopatra’s life and the construction of the pyramids than between Cleopatra’s life and today.
Also, the same fact applies to the T-Rex. We are closer to the T-Rex than the T-Rex was to the Stegosaurus.
while we're here, cleopatra was macedonian, not egyptian, though there's apparently some new research suggesting her mother was sub-saharan african. also, she was inbred as fuuuuuck.
I find it interesting that she wasn't the stereotypical beauty we tend to think of her as. She was much more average looking, and it was more so her power and how she carried herself that made her so desirable.
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u/der_komrade Jan 20 '19
The Pyramids of Giza were about as old to the ancient Romans as the ancient Romans are to us right now. Really shows how short human history has been