A closer look
Cleopatra actually lived closer in time to the release of the first iPhone than she did to the construction of the Great Pyramid. Despite being linked in pop culture to ancient mummies, the final pharaoh ruled a kingdom that was already unimaginably old by the time she was born. The Great Pyramid was completed around 2560 BCE, essentially making it a massive tourist attraction while Cleopatra was busy seducing Julius Caesar in the first century BCE. It is mathematically factual that Steve Jobs unveiling a touchscreen device is chronologically closer to the suicide of the Egyptian queen than the moment the final block was placed on Khufu's tomb. This chronological gap serves as a mind-bending reminder that ancient Egypt lasted so incredibly long that even its own historical figures viewed their ancestors as impossibly ancient mysteries
