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Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The pyramids were built around 2560 BC; Cleopatra lived around 30 BC (~2500 years later); the Moon landing was 1969 (~2000 years after Cleopatra).
Source: Historical chronology — verified.
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