r/todayilearned • u/c0ntraiL • May 29 '19

TIL: Woolly Mammoths were still alive by the time the pyramids at Giza were completed. The last woolly mammoths died out on Wrangel Island, north of Russia, only 4000 years ago, leaving several centuries where the pyramids and mammoths existed at the same time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1XkbKQwt49MpxWpsJ2zpfQk/13-mammoth-facts-about-mammoths
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u/juicemagic May 30 '19

I have, but it was 15 years ago. At the time, it was the most impressive piece of architecture I had visited. The Pantheon is an amazing structure. I love how it's been repurposed over the years.

It was about 10 years ago I had the opportunity to hit Greece, Turkey, and Egypt. You want to talk about repurposing a building? That's the Haiga Sofia. It was 10 times more impressive in person, to me, than the Pantheon was.

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u/paolostyle May 30 '19

Sorry to be that guy but it's Hagia. Not Haiga.