Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
Ancient Scripts and Forgotten Tongues
Explore the mysteries of lost languages and extinct writing systems through this challenging crossword puzzle.
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- 1. Stone key to decoding Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 2. Picture writing system used by ancient Egyptians
- 3. Name sometimes linked metaphorically to ancient undeciphered scripts
- 6. Ancient wedge-shaped writing used in Mesopotamia
- 7. Name associated with lost Indic scripts/inscriptions
- 11. Script used by Mycenaean Greeks, undeciphered for years
- 13. Language and script once used in ancient Iran
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- 4. Study of coded or secret languages
- 5. The scientific study of language and its structure
- 8. Knotted strings used by Incas for record keeping
- 9. Culture associated with Linear B script
- 10. Ancient script used in Gandhara, northwestern India
- 12. Later Egyptian script derived from hieratic
- 14. South American empire known for quipu data recording
- 15. Alphabetic characters used by Germanic tribes
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