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Ancient Script Landmarks Crossword Puzzle for Middle School is a hard crossword puzzle with 16 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Ancient Script Landmarks Crossword Puzzle for Middle School
Challenge yourself with this hard-level crossword puzzle featuring famous landmarks and places related to forgotten language scripts. Perfect for middle school students interested in ancient writing systems and historical sites.
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- 1. Manuscript page scraped to erase earlier text but still showing traces
- 2. Phenomenon of repetition; metaphor for script replication errors
- 5. Naming principle where letters represent initial sounds of words
- 6. Related to the scripting found in the ancient Greek oracle city
- 8. Ancient script from the desert kingdom that controlled Petra
- 10. Term for an inscribed tablet or document in certain ancient scripts
- 16. Stone that unlocked Egyptian hieroglyphs through bilingual inscriptions
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- 3. Codex with forgotten script linked to medieval manuscripts (cryptic clue)
- 4. Southern Egyptian site famous for ancient rock inscriptions
- 7. Ancient wedge-shaped writing system of Mesopotamia
- 9. Type of consonant sound used in several ancient scripts
- 11. Language of the civilization credited with the earliest writing form
- 12. Inscription language from the ancient kingdom east of the Jordan
- 13. The study and interpretation of ancient inscriptions
- 14. Ancient Sumerian city, one of the earliest writing sites
- 15. Writing system where symbols represent syllables instead of letters
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