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Article: World's biggest puzzle being made in ancient house in Turkey.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- May 13, 2009
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Byline: ANI
Istanbul, May 13 (ANI): The marble hall of the palace-like house in which the Roman consul lived in the city of Efes in Turkey in 275 A.D. has begun to be restored, putting back together 350-square-meter walls that are now broken into 120,000 pieces, in what is probably the world's biggest puzzle.
According to a report in Today's Zaman, the deputy supervisor of the ongoing excavations in Efes, Sabine Ladstatter, said this method was used in Italy once before, but with such a large-scale assembly will be the first in history.
Excavations have been ongoing in this city, which is one of the biggest ancient cities of the Mediterranean, ...
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