When were the Egyptian pyramids built?

If you cannot recall then look it up

Be careful what you read on the internet

There are some fact based articles out there

But also a plethora of weird conspiracy theories

Many of them expertly packaged in convincing YouTube videos

I say convincing only from the style of production

They tell a story with great graphics and scientific references

Aimed at convincing you that all the archeologists got it wrong

No the pyramids are not Egyptian burial sites at all

They were ancient power plants producing electricity 

Drawing energy from underground water sources

The quartz in the compressed granite produced electricity

Which was wirelessly transmitted from the top of the pyramid

Receivers converted the energy into electricity to power light bulbs

It must be true because hieroglyphics show light bulb images

Or is it showing a snake in a jar perhaps?

Wait there is more conclusive evidence

The latitude of the pyramids is a unique number

But that number equals the speed of light exactly in m/s

Proving that the pyramids were built by aliens with advanced technology

As an engineer trained in science and mathematics this makes me cringe

Linking a position on the globe with the speed of light is totally bogus

There are many ways to express the speed of light depending on the units

Why would ancient aliens pick m/s as the magic correlation

Meters were only adopted as an arbitrary measurement in 1799

But of course science and mathematics is just a smokescreen for conspiracy theorists

They can weave a web of deceit and come up with any answer they want

Unfortunately the engineer in me thinks in a different way

I need to see a hypothesis with mathematical proof

Plus an experiment with reproducible data

I can see this all around me in our modern world of machines and technology

Conspiracy theorists paint a picture based on myths and magic

I believed in magic when I was a a kid

Until I discovered science

Cheeky Monkey wishes you happy and safe internet surfing

Remember to take a grain of salt with you