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Ancient Scripts and Lost Tongues
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Early Mesoamerican civilization with mysterious symbols
  • 3. Language of the ancient city of Uruk, oldest known written tongue
  • 4. Fine parchment made from calfskin used in medieval manuscripts
  • 6. Ancient Egyptian script simplified from hieratic
  • 7. Adjective relating to the 18th-century naturalist who classified languages
  • 9. Ancient Chinese script named after the heavens
  • 11. Consonant-only writing systems like early Semitic scripts
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  • 2. Carved symbols or pictographs in ancient inscriptions
  • 5. Characters used in early Germanic alphabets
  • 8. Wedge-shaped writing system of ancient Mesopotamia
  • 10. Writing material made from Egyptian reeds
  • 12. Edward, a key figure in structural linguistics

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