History’s Weirdest Time Twists

Script 1: Cleopatra's Timeline Shock "History often feels ancient, but consider this:

Cleopatra lived closer to the launch of the first iPhone than to the construction of the Great Pyramids.

She ruled Egypt around 30 BCE, while the pyramids were built around 2560 BCE.

That's over 2,500 years apart! So while we picture her in ancient times, the pyramids were

already ancient history to her. Time, it seems, has surprising layers."

Script 2: The Shortest War in History "Tick-tock: 38 minutes. That's all it took for the Anglo-Zanzibar

War of 1896—the shortest recorded war in history. At 9 AM, British ships opened

fire on the Sultan's palace. By 9:38 AM, it was over. Zanzibar surrendered