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VIDEO: Solved puzzle reveals fabled Cambodian temple

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SIEM REAP, Cambodia – It has taken over half a century, but the painstaking task of piecing together the fabled Baphuon Temple in Cambodia’s ancient Angkor complex is finally complete. A French-led team of archaeologists had to assemble hundreds of thousands of sandstone blocks in exactly the right spot – a restoration project that’s been called the biggest jigsaw puzzle in the world. Click below to view a voiced AFPTV report.

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