Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues Crossword Puzzle

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EBAIDAN Ancient culture associated with early writing in Mesopotamia
GUANCHE Language of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
GOTHIC Extinct East Germanic language with its own alphabet
URARTU Ancient kingdom with a now lost language and script
DEMOTIC Later Egyptian script used for everyday writing
LINEARB Ancient undeciphered script from Crete, successor to Linear A
INDUS Script associated with the ancient Harappan civilization, still undeciphered
RONGORONGO Mysterious glyphs from Easter Island, untranslatable
CUNEIFORM Early writing system with wedge-shaped marks
TANGUT Extinct language with a unique script from Western Xia dynasty
PHOENICIAN Influential ancient Semitic script, precursor to many alphabets
LYCIAN Extinct Anatolian language with its own alphabet
AVESE Ancient Iranian language used in Zoroastrian texts
HITTITE Ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform
OLMECS Ancient Mesoamerican civilization linked to early script development
MAYAN Advanced Central American civilization with a complex hieroglyphic script
COSMOGONIC Relating to myths about the origin of the universe (used in some lost scripts context)
EGYPTIAN Ancient language known for hieroglyphs
PALAEO Prefix meaning ancient, used in language studies (e.g., Palaeohispanic)
EPIGRAPHY The study of ancient inscriptions

Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues

Explore the mysteries of lost languages and extinct writing systems through this crossword puzzle.

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1. Ancient kingdom with a now lost language and script
2. Ancient undeciphered script from Crete, successor to Linear A
3. Prefix meaning ancient, used in language studies (e.g., Palaeohispanic)
5. Influential ancient Semitic script, precursor to many alphabets
6. Ancient Mesoamerican civilization linked to early script development
9. Language of the indigenous people of the Canary Islands
10. Early writing system with wedge-shaped marks
12. Ancient culture associated with early writing in Mesopotamia
13. Ancient language known for hieroglyphs
16. Ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform
17. Script associated with the ancient Harappan civilization, still undeciphered

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4. Extinct East Germanic language with its own alphabet
7. Mysterious glyphs from Easter Island, untranslatable
8. Relating to myths about the origin of the universe (used in some lost scripts context)
11. Later Egyptian script used for everyday writing
14. Extinct Anatolian language with its own alphabet
15. The study of ancient inscriptions
18. Advanced Central American civilization with a complex hieroglyphic script
19. Extinct language with a unique script from Western Xia dynasty
20. Ancient Iranian language used in Zoroastrian texts

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