Indian American says he’s solved the mystery behind 4,500 years old Egyptian Pyramids

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Indian American Rajan Hooda, PhD., a former McKinsey consultant and Senior Banker, has claimed to have unraveled the mystery behind the construction of Egyptian giant pyramids after dedicating over 50 years to the quest.

In his 20-page research paper, “How the Pyramids Were Built,” Hooda presents the “Theory of The Conjoint Solution and The Shrinking Dual L Notch Ramps,” which according to him offers fresh insights into the engineering marvels of ancient Egypt.

Hooda, an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, with an MBA and Ph.D. from the Booth School of Business, at the University of Chicago, describes his work as providing “irrefutable evidence,” for his theory on the construction method, which he believes solves the ongoing mystery of Egyptian Pyramids.

About his findings, Hooda told South Asian Herald, “I remember being captivated as an eight-year-old when I first heard of ‘one of the great mysteries in the history of mankind – a puzzle unsolved for the past 4,500 Years.’ As a senior at Doon School, I remember spending hours in the large open library reading room, pouring over books on the pyramids and endlessly admiring the photos of these magnificent structures.”

Reflecting on his five-decade-long “labor of love and persistence,” Hooda, expressed satisfaction at finally piecing together what he describes as an “immense three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle.”

“I first saw the pyramids during my Egypt visit in 1996. I had every fact, and all the physical dimensions of the pyramids at my fingertips, but I was not prepared for what I saw. Standing before the giant pyramid was an otherworldly experience for me,” Hooda explained. “The audacious scale, the perfect visual symmetry, the awe-inspiring presence were nothing that pictures and statistics of its size and shape can ever hope to even remotely capture. My fascination with, and passion to solve, its mystery, only multiplied.”

In his research paper, Hooda argues that the prevailing theories about pyramid construction, such as the use of an exterior ramp larger than the pyramid itself or a complex interior tunnel ramp are structurally “untenable.” He went on to say, “I realized after extensive analysis that the only solution had to have the advantages of both – i.e., simplicity of the exterior ramp as well as the benefit of efficiency of construction of the interior ramp – while not having the disadvantages of either.”

According to Hooda, this understanding led to the concept of the ‘L Notch Ramp,’ a design integrated into the pyramid’s structure. The ramp functioned as a cut-out notch within the footprint of each stone layer. Hooda describes the pyramid as being constructed like a “layer cake,” with 210 layers of stones.

He further elaborated that during the construction of the lowest layer, a small portion in one corner was left incomplete to form a rising ramp from the ground to the top of the first layer, a height of 4.5 feet. This ramp facilitated the transport of stones for the second layer. Similarly, a portion of the second layer was left unfinished to extend the ramp from the top of the first layer to the top of the second, and so on, throughout the construction process.