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Cleopatra lived closer to the construction of the pyramids than to the invention of the smartphone.

Why it is true

Cleopatra died in 30 BC. The pyramids of Giza were built about 2,500 years earlier. The first modern smartphone appeared in 2007, more than 2,000 years after Cleopatra. This means she is closer in time to us than to the pyramids.

Source: Britannica

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