1.May 2007
Awani Kumar has constructed a (semi)magic 3-dimensional 
8*8*8 knight's tour !
Consecutive numbers (including 1 and 512) are a 3d-knight's move apart.
All the rows,columns,piles and 2 of the 4 space-diagonals add to 2052.
Each of the 3 octal-digit-cubes is magic too.


the 8 layers:

019,482,509,016,461,480,035,050
490,027,008,501,036,049,462,479
511,014,017,484,465,452,063,046
006,503,492,025,064,045,466,451
117,100,411,398,429,448,067,082
410,399,120,097,068,081,430,447
387,118,109,412,433,420,095,078
112,409,386,119,096,077,434,419

510,015,020,481,472,453,058,043
007,502,489,028,057,044,471,454
018,483,512,013,460,473,038,055
491,026,005,504,037,056,459,474
414,395,116,101,440,421,090,075
113,104,415,394,089,076,439,422
108,413,390,115,428,441,070,087
391,114,105,416,069,088,427,442

495,030,001,500,033,052,463,478
022,487,508,009,464,477,034,051
003,498,493,032,061,048,467,450
506,011,024,485,468,449,062,047
099,406,397,124,065,084,431,446
400,121,098,407,432,445,066,083
405,388,123,110,093,080,435,418
122,111,408,385,436,417,094,079

002,499,496,029,060,041,470,455
507,010,021,488,469,456,059,042
494,031,004,497,040,053,458,475
023,486,505,012,457,476,039,054
396,125,102,403,092,073,438,423
103,402,393,128,437,424,091,074
126,107,404,389,072,085,426,443
401,392,127,106,425,444,071,086

231,252,285,258,219,296,197,314
286,257,232,251,294,201,316,215
249,230,259,288,311,220,297,198
260,287,250,229,202,309,216,299
145,136,383,362,165,334,339,188
382,363,148,133,340,187,326,173
359,146,137,384,331,164,189,342
140,381,358,147,190,341,172,323

276,271,234,245,306,221,304,195
233,246,275,272,207,308,209,302
270,273,248,235,222,289,196,319
247,236,269,274,291,208,317,210
378,367,152,129,330,161,192,343
149,132,379,366,191,344,169,322
144,377,354,151,168,335,338,185
355,150,141,380,337,186,327,176

253,226,263,284,295,204,313,214
264,283,254,225,218,293,200,315
227,256,281,262,203,312,213,298
282,261,228,255,310,217,300,199
135,370,361,160,179,348,325,174
364,157,134,371,166,333,180,347
369,360,159,138,349,182,171,324
158,139,372,357,332,163,350,181

266,277,244,239,206,305,212,303
243,240,265,278,307,224,301,194
280,267,238,241,290,205,320,211
237,242,279,268,223,292,193,318
368,153,130,375,352,183,170,321
131,374,365,156,329,162,351,184
154,143,376,353,178,345,328,175
373,356,155,142,167,336,177,346


and here with octal digits 000...777 :


022,741,774,017,714,737,042,061
751,032,007,764,043,060,715,736
776,015,020,743,720,703,076,055
005,766,753,030,077,054,721,702
164,143,632,615,654,677,102,121
631,616,167,140,103,120,655,676
602,165,154,633,660,643,136,115
157,630,601,166,137,114,661,642

775,016,023,740,727,704,071,052
006,765,750,033,070,053,726,705
021,742,777,014,713,730,045,066
752,031,004,767,044,067,712,731
635,612,163,144,667,644,131,112
160,147,636,611,130,113,666,645
153,634,605,162,653,670,105,126
606,161,150,637,104,127,652,671

756,035,000,763,040,063,716,735
025,746,773,010,717,734,041,062
002,761,754,037,074,057,722,701
771,012,027,744,723,700,075,056
142,625,614,173,100,123,656,675
617,170,141,626,657,674,101,122
624,603,172,155,134,117,662,641
171,156,627,600,663,640,135,116

001,762,757,034,073,050,725,706
772,011,024,747,724,707,072,051
755,036,003,760,047,064,711,732
026,745,770,013,710,733,046,065
613,174,145,622,133,110,665,646
146,621,610,177,664,647,132,111
175,152,623,604,107,124,651,672
620,607,176,151,650,673,106,125

346,373,434,401,332,447,304,471
435,400,347,372,445,310,473,326
370,345,402,437,466,333,450,305
403,436,371,344,311,464,327,452
220,207,576,551,244,515,522,273
575,552,223,204,523,272,505,254
546,221,210,577,512,243,274,525
213,574,545,222,275,524,253,502

423,416,351,364,461,334,457,302
350,365,422,417,316,463,320,455
415,420,367,352,335,440,303,476
366,353,414,421,442,317,474,321
571,556,227,200,511,240,277,526
224,203,572,555,276,527,250,501
217,570,541,226,247,516,521,270
542,225,214,573,520,271,506,257

374,341,406,433,446,313,470,325
407,432,375,340,331,444,307,472
342,377,430,405,312,467,324,451
431,404,343,376,465,330,453,306
206,561,550,237,262,533,504,255
553,234,205,562,245,514,263,532
560,547,236,211,534,265,252,503
235,212,563,544,513,242,535,264

411,424,363,356,315,460,323,456
362,357,410,425,462,337,454,301
427,412,355,360,441,314,477,322
354,361,426,413,336,443,300,475
557,230,201,566,537,266,251,500
202,565,554,233,510,241,536,267
231,216,567,540,261,530,507,256
564,543,232,215,246,517,260,531