Archimedes Puzzle




This page is part of the Eureka! Stories web site - a site dedicated to teaching children about scientists and their discoveries.

On the left is a finished puzzle of Archimedes standing in from of the city of Syracus. When you are ready click the button below to scramble the pieces, then see if you can put them back together again. When you click on a piece, it trades places with the extra puzzle piece at the bottom.

The JavaScript program which runs this puzzle requires Netscape or IE 3.0 or higher.

Good Luck!