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Ancient Scripts and Lost Alphabets
A crossword exploring rare and forgotten alphabet systems from history and archaeology.
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  • 1. Ancient Indian script that inspired many modern Indic scripts
  • 2. Old Slavic alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • 4. Semitic alphabet considered the ancestor of many modern alphabets
  • 5. Early medieval alphabet used primarily to write early Irish
  • 7. Aramaic-derived script used in Petra and surrounding regions
  • 8. Ancient Anatolian alphabet related to Greek
  • 9. Indus Valley Civilization's enigmatic script
  • 10. Undeciphered script from ancient Crete
  • 11. Ancient wedge-shaped writing from Mesopotamia
  • 15. Middle Persian script used under Sassanian Empire
  • 17. Complex writing system of a Mesoamerican civilization
  • 18. Script historically used by Ismaili Muslim community
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  • 3. Alphabet used by Germanic peoples in northern Europe
  • 6. Simplified Egyptian script used mainly for administrative purposes
  • 12. Sudanese script used around the Nile in antiquity
  • 13. Civilization famous for hieroglyphic writing
  • 14. Bronze Age script used by Mycenaeans
  • 16. Ancient Semitic alphabet from southwestern Iran
  • 19. Ancient Anatolian script related to cuneiform

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