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Why does Sage seem to be wrong?

I ask Sage to calculate the following expression

x = (70 - 13*sqrt(29))^(1/3) + (70 + 13*sqrt(29))^(1/3)  
print x
print N(x)

I receive the following reply:

(13*sqrt(29) + 70)^(1/3) + (-13*sqrt(29) + 70)^(1/3)
5.28887360535083 + 0.166781253811029*I

But my calculator says 5. I don't understand why?