“Unlocking the Secrets of Time: 13 Astonishing Historical Facts That Challenge Everything You Thought You Knew!”
So, get ready to have your historical perspective turned upside down. Here are 13 time-warping facts that might just mess with how you think about history.
1. Cleopatra Lived Closer to the Moon Landing Than the Pyramids
We tend to group all of ancient Egypt into one distant era, but Cleopatra lived in a much later time than the pyramids were built. The Great Pyramid of Giza was completed around 2,500 BCE, while Cleopatra reigned around 30 BCE. To put it in perspective, she’s closer to Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk in 1969 than to the construction of those famous pyramids.
The vast timeline of Egyptian civilization is mind-bending, stretching over 3,000 years, far longer than most modern nations have existed.
2. Oxford University is Older Than the Aztec Empire
Oxford University feels like a relic of the modern era, yet it was founded around 1096. Meanwhile, the Aztec Empire only came into existence in 1428, more than 300 years after Oxford started educating students.
It’s a wild reminder that “Old World” and “New World” civilizations might overlap more than we typically think.
3. Mammoths Were Still Roaming When the Pyramids Were Built
When the Great Pyramid was under construction around 2,500 BCE, woolly mammoths were still roaming parts of the Earth. In fact, a small population survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic until around 1,650 BCE.
