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Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mysterious world of lost languages and extinct scripts through this engaging crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Classical language of ancient India, often lost to many
  • 2. Script used by a unique ancient Levantine group
  • 3. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
  • 5. Ancient alphabet considered ancestor of many scripts
  • 6. Stylized symbols in ancient writing systems
  • 8. Study of inscriptions or epigraphs as writing
  • 11. The island famous for its mysterious script
  • 14. An archaic IBM character encoding system (trick clue)
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  • 4. The study of folding ancient manuscripts (less known)
  • 7. Language of early sacred Hindu texts
  • 9. Undeciphered script used by ancient Minoans
  • 10. A Minoan script predating Linear B
  • 12. Earliest known writing system from Mesopotamia
  • 13. Simplified Egyptian script used in later periods
  • 15. Cursive Egyptian script derived from hieroglyphs

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