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Mammoths were alive while the Great Pyramid went up.
Woolly mammoths were still alive while the Great Pyramid was being built. A population survived on Wrangel Island, off Siberia, until roughly 4,000 years ago — centuries after the pyramid was finished.
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- The Great Pyramid went up around 2560 BC.
- At that moment, woolly mammoths still lived on Wrangel Island, off Siberia.
- They held on until roughly 4,000 years ago — centuries after the pyramid was finished.
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