Ancient Puzzles: 200 enigmas that have challenged mankind, from the dawn of time to the present day (The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved)

The Greatest Puzzles Ever Solved is a stunning collection of the finest puzzles ever seen, right throughout history. Inside, you'll find cunning creations from Ancient Egypt and Imperial China sitting side by side with modern masterpieces from Britain, America and Japan - and many more besides. The world's oldest puzzle, the world's most popular puzzle, the world's toughest puzzle, they're all there in this dazzling showcase of puzzle greatness. Cover Title Contents Introduction The Ishango Bone Holy Days Frustrum Triangles of Babylon Ahmes' Loaves As I was going to Amenemhet III's A Question of Quantity A Fractional Issue Strong Grain Progressive Loaves Dates The Rule of Three Progressive Shares Squaring the Circle Square Trial Sumerian Riddle Ramesses’ Star The Riddle of the Sphinx The Quiet One Visitors Cretans Zeno’s Dichotomy Zeno’s Arrow Zeno’s Stadium Achilles and the Tortoise The Heap Four Brothers The Shoot The Nursery The Luo River Scroll Buridan’s Ass Hi Shi’s Third Paradox The Zero Proof Crocodile Tears The Ladder of Horus The Sieve of Eratosthenes Archimedes’ Revenge The Nine Chapters The Cistern Problem Dog and Hare The Chickens Leg and Thigh Men Buy a Horse Greed Posthumous Twins The Ship of Theseus Men Find A Purse The Unwanted The Five Sons Sun Tzu’s Classic Problem The Trouble With Camels The Snail and the Well Alcuin’s Camel Brothers and Sisters Alcuin’s Flasks The Eastern Merchant Alcuin’s Grain The Hundred Steps Alcuin’s Riddle The Josephus Problem The Explorer's Problem Monkey Nuts The Book of Precious Things A Medieval Riddle The Mariner The Memory Wheel Jia Xian’s Triangle The Old One The Trouble With Rabbits The Ring Game The Well Tartaglia’s Wine Topsy-Turvy The Wanderer The Hound Regiomontanus’ Angle The Problem of Points Modesty Durcr’s Square An Odd Gift Clock Striking Problem The Dinner Party Tricking the Landlord Round and Round Bachets Scales Rupert’s Cube The Newton—Pepys Problem Sunday The Tourist The Bridges of Konigsberg Walking the Walk The Tethered Goat Buffon’s Needle The Thunderer The Miner The Blind Abbot The Captive Queen A Spiral Walk Eight Queens The Dinner Party The Monkey and the Pulley Kirkman’s Schoolgirls The Counterfeit Bill The Travelling Salesman Ethiopian Mathematics Cantor's Infinities Nobody Tesseract Bertrand's Box Nothing Lost Hilbert's Hotel Wine/Water Problem The Barber Paradox Mamma's Age Papas Problem Kite Problem The Barrel of Beer The Century Puzzle The Labourer's Puzzle A Fence Problem Pierrot’s Puzzle The Four Sevens Mr Gubbins in the Fog The Basket of Potatoes The Lockers Odd Multiplication Curious Numbers Changing Places The Nine Counters Donkey Riding The Spot on the Table Catching the Thief What Was the Time? The Thirty-Three Pearls The Three Villages Eternal The Village Simpleton Whapshaw's Wharf Mystery The Spider and the Fly Circling the Squares Charley and Miss Lofty Cast Ashore The Bank of Monte Carlo The St Patrick's Day Parade The Boarding House Pie Domestic Complications The Convent Old Beacon Tower Casey's Cow Hot Cross Buns Cypher Dispatch Puzzle The Fighting Fishes of Siam The Golf Puzzle Puzzling Scales A Legal Problem The Necklace The Boxer Puzzle The Patrolmans Puzzle Turf Puzzle Astronomical Puzzle Patch Quilt Puzzle Primitive Railroading Problem The Rogue's Letter The Squarest Game A Swarm of Good Bees Weary Willie and Tired Tim Berry's Paradox Crossword The Horse Paradox Washing Day A Rope Around the Earth Schrodinger’s Cat Hempel's Ravens Two Trains The Unexpected Hanging The Sultan's Dowry Fermi’s Paradox The Prisoner’s Dilemma Book Stack Two Envelope Problem Postage Stamp Problem Stable Marriage Problem Quine's Paradox Suiri The Birthday Paradox Kakuro Wordsearch The Monty Hall Problem Meta Tic-Tac-Toe Sudoku Nonogram Slitherlink Hashiwokakero Nugget Number The Sieve of Conway Gokigen Naname Fillomino Masyu Magic Square Matrix Numberlink ANSWERS Back Cover A collection of puzzles that ranges from creations of Ancient Egypt and Imperial China to modern masterpieces from Britain, America and Japan.