Were they simply tombs for pharaohs, or astronomical markers to aid the quantifying of time; were they built to concentrate a natural energy source, or were they not built by humans at all, a sign that an alien intelligence visited the earth many thousands of years ago?
Were the pyramids the work of a great civilization in order to glorify their rulers or are this built for a hidden reason.
Like most regulatory regimes, this one ended up working largely for the benefit of the regulatees--restricting competition and making ownership of a bank a more or less guaranteed sinecure.