Explore the captivating realm of extinct languages and their mysterious writings in this engaging crossword puzzle.
Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
A crossword exploring extinct languages, ancient writing systems, and the mysteries of lost communication.
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Across
- 1. Alphabetic characters used by Germanic tribes
- 2. Early writing system from Mesopotamia made of wedge-shaped marks
- 4. Native American syllabary invented by Sequoyah
- 5. Ancient alphabetic script that influenced Greek and Latin alphabets
- 6. Name of a mysterious undeciphered medieval manuscript
- 9. Minoan script used before the Greek alphabet
- 10. Proto-language believed to be ancestor of Celtic and Italic languages
- 13. A symbolic figure or character in ancient writing
Down
- 3. Ancient manuscript or book often handwritten
- 7. Specialist who studies ancient Egyptian language and scripts
- 8. Civilization with a complex hieroglyphic writing system
- 11. To decode or interpret ancient or obscure text
- 12. Scripts used by the Naxi people of southwestern China
- 14. Stone key for translating Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 15. Ancient Aegean writing system preceding the Greek alphabet
- 16. Anthropologist who studied the relationship between language and culture
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