A challenging crossword exploring extinct languages and alphabets that shaped human history.
Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mysteries of lost languages and extinct alphabets through this challenging crossword puzzle featuring ancient scripts, cultural heritage, and linguistic history.
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- 1. Oldest known Slavic alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 2. Alphabet created by Bishop Ulfilas to translate the Bible
- 3. Mesoamerican city associated with undeciphered glyphs
- 6. Ancient Egyptian script derived from hieratic
- 8. Cursive writing system used in ancient Egypt alongside hieroglyphs
- 9. Logographic characters used in Japanese writing, derived from Chinese
- 11. Alphabet used by the Nabataeans in the Arabian desert
- 12. Ancient Mesoamerican civilization known for early writing systems
- 18. Undeciphered writing system of Minoan civilization
- 20. Early angular style of Arabic script
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- 4. The earliest form of cuneiform writing
- 5. Ancient Semitic script that influenced Greek and Latin alphabets
- 7. Norse warrior term often linked with runic inscriptions
- 10. One of the earliest systems of writing, used in ancient Mesopotamia
- 13. Minoan script related to Linear A, deciphered for Mycenaean Greek
- 14. Pre-Roman script used on the Iberian Peninsula
- 15. Ancient Indo-Aryan language preserved in religious texts
- 16. Language of ancient Elam in southwestern Iran
- 17. Characters used in ancient Germanic alphabets
- 19. Ancient Indo-European language still used in Hindu texts
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