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> the site, which was occupied continuously for 3,000 years Gives you a pause, doesn't it?
by huhtenberg 14y ago
> the site, which was occupied continuously for 3,000 years
Gives you a pause, doesn't it?
- uchi 14y agoMore time has passed between the building of the ancient pyramids and queen Cleopatra, than queen Cleopatra and now.
- arethuza 14y agoI think most people forget that Cleopatra was of Greek ancestry (being a Ptolemy) and a player in the relatively recent classical world.
- acheron 14y agoI think if someone knows anything at all about Cleopatra beyond "something to do with Egypt", they'd know she was a contemporary of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony (thanks to Shakespeare at least), even if they don't know anything about the Ptolemaic dynasty. The thing I do think a lot of people forget is just how old the Pyramids are. I do know it but often have trouble really putting it into perspective. Also note the Great Pyramid at Giza was the tallest building in the world for almost 4000 years. And some buildings that later took the title were actually shorter than the Great Pyramid originally was at construction, but the Great Pyramid eroded over the millennia.
- arethuza 14y agoI'm going to Orkney in a few weeks - one of the places we are going to visit is Skara Brae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skara_Brae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skara_Brae I find it amazing that this wee village was roughly 2000 years old when Troy fell. [The Knap of Howar, also on Orkney is even older: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knap_of_Howar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knap_of_Howar]
- uchi 14y agoOh definitely. But I named her because she was the last official figurehead with the 'pharaoh' title.
- skore 14y agoThe Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560–2540 BC, Cleopatra reigned from 51–30 BC. So - this statement will remain true for another ~446 years.