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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mysteries of vanished languages and extinct writing systems through this intriguing crossword.
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Across
  • 1. Symbols representing objects or ideas in ancient scripts
  • 3. Mystery manuscript written in an unknown script
  • 4. One of the earliest known writing systems used in Mesopotamia
  • 6. Extinct Italic language once spoken in southern Italy
  • 8. Ancient civilization with an undeciphered script from South Asia
  • 11. Type of writing representing sounds of speech
  • 12. Ancient language of Italy, partially deciphered
  • 15. Undeciphered script used by the ancient Minoans
  • 16. Type of symbolic script relating to tribal emblems or spirits
Down
  • 2. Linguistic term related to added sounds in lost languages
  • 5. Unknown script from Easter Island
  • 7. Pictographic script used by the Naxi people of China
  • 9. Language from the ancient Near East, partially deciphered
  • 10. Carved or inscribed symbols in many ancient writing systems
  • 13. Extinct Mesoamerican language once spoken in Honduras
  • 14. Ancient script used in Nubia, still only partly understood
  • 17. Late ancient Egyptian script used for everyday documents

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