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Ancient Scripts and Lost Alphabets
Discover the enigmatic alphabets and scripts of forgotten languages that shaped early civilizations.
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  • 1. Ancient script of northwest India
  • 2. Title meaning 'golden-worded', often linked to early alphabet users
  • 3. Late Egyptian script derived from hieratic
  • 8. Semitic alphabet precursor of Greek letters
  • 12. Early Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing system
  • 13. Ancient Berber script still used by Tuareg people
  • 15. Ancient Iranian language written in its own script
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  • 4. Name of scripts used in Bronze Age Aegean, like Linear B
  • 5. Ancient alphabet used primarily for the early Irish language
  • 6. Characters from early Germanic alphabets
  • 7. Group of writing systems from ancient Iberian Peninsula
  • 9. Oldest known Slavic alphabet
  • 10. Extinct Anatolian alphabet
  • 11. Philosopher whose teachings were recorded in Greek script
  • 14. Aramaic-derived script used by Nabataeans
  • 16. Script used by ancient Samaritan community
  • 17. Ancestor script of many South and Southeast Asian alphabets

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