Cleopatra, one of the most easily recognisable figures associated to Ancient Egypt was alive roughly 2000 years ago, so it's only right that we think of her swanning around, overseeing the construction of pyramids and the like, yes? Very much no, in fact: the pyramids were constructed 2500 years before Cleopatra was even born, meaning that she was alive at a time closer to the lunar landing, Hannah Montana and Instagram than she ever was to when the great monuments of Egypt were being built. They may be two of the things we associate most with Egypt in the western world, but they were separated by a long, long time.
10. Home Alone: Closer To The Moon Landing Than To Us
Similar to the way in which most 1980s kids are susceptible to thinking the nineties were still not that long ago is the horrifying revelation that Home Alone was shot in 1990, only 21 years after Neil Armstrong and co became the first people to land on the moon. Today, it's 2014, that's a full 24 years since Home Alone happened. It might not blow your socks off, but that staple of your childhood is now starting to blend into the wide scheme of things that took place in the 20th Century, though which is the greater achievement, it's very much hard to tell.
