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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages and ancient writing systems through this crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Ancient Egyptian pictorial writing system
  • 3. Baltic language extinct since the 18th century
  • 5. Ancient Chinese pictographic script variant
  • 7. One of the earliest known writing systems, used in ancient Mesopotamia
  • 8. Minoan script that remains partly undeciphered
  • 10. Roman site in Britain with important ancient writing tablets
  • 12. Script used by the ancient civilization in Central America
  • 13. Ancient Egyptian script used after hieratic
  • 18. Ancient Semitic language once widespread in the Near East
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  • 2. The oldest known writing system from Iran
  • 4. Ancient language of Italy, still not fully deciphered
  • 6. Descriptive term for certain lost phonetic language sounds
  • 9. Minoan script predating Linear B
  • 11. Babylonian king associated with one of the earliest written laws
  • 14. An ancient language of southwest Iran
  • 15. Lost language linked to the island of Crete
  • 16. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 17. Early script used in Indus Valley Civilization
  • 19. Relating to writing or inscriptions
  • 20. Italic language once spoken in southern Italy

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