Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Ancient Lost Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring the mysterious ancient languages and scripts that have been lost or remain undeciphered throughout history.
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- 1. Ancient script used in North Africa before the Arabic alphabet
- 2. Ancient proto-alphabetic script named after a Phoenician city
- 3. Old Slavic script created by Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 4. Alphabetic script used by Germanic peoples in early medieval times
- 8. Egyptian script used for daily purposes, after hieratic
- 10. Ancient Semitic language written in cuneiform
- 12. Language of ancient Italy, mostly undeciphered
- 13. Ancient alphabetic cuneiform script from the Levant
- 14. Ancient script used for early Greek, deciphered in the 20th century
- 17. Complex Mesoamerican writing system with logograms and syllables
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- 5. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
- 6. Early Mesoamerican civilization possibly linked to earliest writing
- 7. One of the earliest known alphabets, origin of Phoenician
- 9. Ancient script that influenced many alphabets
- 11. One of the earliest known writing systems from Mesopotamia
- 15. Lost script used by a Western Xia dynasty in China
- 16. Simplified cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 18. Neolithic script-like symbols from Southeastern Europe
- 19. Mysterious script from the Harappan civilization
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