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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A challenging crossword exploring lost languages and extinct writing systems throughout history.
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  • 1. Script of ancient Carthage, derived from Phoenician
  • 2. Early Greek script using linear symbols
  • 4. Pictographic script used by the Naxi people
  • 6. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 12. Lost ancient script similar to Brahmi
  • 13. One of the earliest writing systems, used in Mesopotamia
  • 15. Language of an ancient Hurrian kingdom
  • 17. Bronze Age script deciphered in ancient Crete
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  • 3. Undeciphered script from the Bronze Age Indus Valley
  • 5. Pre-Columbian civilization known for early writing
  • 7. Ancient Semitic script, precursor to many alphabets
  • 8. Alphabet evolved from Phoenician, influential in the West
  • 9. Sacred carvings used in ancient Egypt
  • 10. Ancient language of southwestern Iran
  • 11. Language of the native Canary Island inhabitants
  • 14. Deciphering challenge often compared to script mysteries
  • 16. Tablet inscriptions from Roman Britain site
  • 18. Mythical Titan linked to lost ancient knowledge
  • 19. Germanic alphabet used before Latin scripts
  • 20. Stone crucial to deciphering Egyptian scripts

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