‘If Snapchat existed back then’: AI creator’s hilarious and haunting Gen Z–style historical selfies leave the internet spellbound

What if Julius Caesar could drop a selfie moments before betrayal? Or Neil Armstrong took a “moonwalk snap” with a geotag reading The Moon? Thanks to the playful genius of a digital creator behind the Instagram page @timeless_snaps, history is getting a filter makeover—and netizens can’t get enough of it.

In a viral reel series captioned “If Snapchat existed back then”, AI-powered visuals reimagine legendary figures and moments in history as if they were modern-day influencers. From Christopher Columbus sailing into the New World with a…