Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Ancient Scripts: Forgotten Language Mysteries
Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages and ancient scripts through this crossword puzzle featuring historic alphabets, extinct tongues, and archaeological linguistic discoveries.
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- 1. Extinct ancient Anatolian language written in cuneiform
- 2. River near where many early lost scripts like cuneiform were found
- 3. Dialect of Akkadian language preserved in cuneiform tablets
- 4. One of the earliest known writing systems from Mesopotamia
- 5. Ancient alphabet used by Germanic peoples, carved into stones
- 8. Civilization associated with Linear B script
- 10. Script derived from northern forms of hieratic used in Egypt
- 12. Study of inscriptions or epigraphs engraved on materials
- 14. Historic city linked to lost languages through ancient manuscripts
- 17. Ancient kingdom whose language remains partly undeciphered
- 19. Name of the iceman whose tattoos might relate to ancient symbols
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- 6. Artifact key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 7. Linguistic elements often used in ancient inscriptions
- 9. Ancient language once spoken in the western Iberian Peninsula
- 11. Old Norse warrior term linked to skaldic poetry, sometimes studied for lost dialects
- 13. Old English coin inscriptions helping trace extinct languages
- 15. Ancient Aegean script used to write Mycenaean Greek
- 16. Classical script evolved from ancient Indian Brahmi script
- 18. Name of the mysterious illustrated manuscript in undeciphered script
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