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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mystery of vanished languages and ancient writing systems through this crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Ancient script used in Nubia, yet partially undeciphered
  • 2. Script discovered on Crete, undeciphered
  • 3. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 6. Extinct Indo-European language of Central Asia
  • 11. Extinct language of southwestern Iran
  • 13. Symbols carved or inscribed in ancient scripts
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  • 4. Semitic alphabet precursor to Greek and Latin scripts
  • 5. Pictographic script of the Naxi people
  • 7. Valley civilization's mysterious undeciphered script
  • 8. Earliest known system of writing on clay tablets
  • 9. Researcher who studied ancient decipherments
  • 10. Simplified Egyptian script derived from hieroglyphs
  • 12. Type of sound often found in ancient languages
  • 14. Ancient lost language spoken in the Indian subcontinent

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