"The Secret of Atlantis" Puzzle
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"Thousands years ago, there existed a powerful civilization, whose residents became very corrupted by greed and power, and were destroyed by the wrath of Zeus, the King of the Olympians Gods. Until today, historians and explorers are still trying to answer the questions of what happened to the lost continent of Atlantis and how it disappeared. The answer is simple. Atlantis still exists, but has shrunk into a small puzzle. This is the secret of Atlantis... a puzzle that holds within it a legend of infinite knowledge..." |
Secret of Atlantis photos:
(click on the thumbnails to enlarge)
The two solved states of the Secret of Atlantis,
one solution shows a volcano looking at the capital of Atlantis (left photo),
and the other solution shows two Corinthian columns (right photo).
Scrambled states of the Secret of Atlantis.
Example of non-existence of parity problem.
A small VIDEO may be viewed HERE,
which shows the moves between the two different parity states.
A single loop odd numbered tile magic has no parity problems, i.e. an odd
numbered
tile magic, has on average, two times
the combinations of an even numbered tile magic.
In terms of appearance, this 9-tile magic myth puzzle looks like a
piece of art.
I am actually scared to scramble it because the solved states look very attractive.
To build this puzzle you will need some strings, plastic tiles, and some nice
paper tiles.
For information of how to connect/number the tiles and the strings, visit
two brilliant articles here
and here,
(courtesy of Twisty Puzzles
articles).
Please let me know of any comments or suggestions. Thanks! :-)