A crossword exploring extinct languages, ancient writing systems, and the mysteries of lost communication.
Ancient Tongues and Forgotten Scripts
Explore the captivating realm of extinct languages and their mysterious writings in this engaging crossword puzzle.
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- 1. Specialist who studies language structure and history
- 3. Term related to lost or unknown writing systems
- 4. System of communication through spoken or written words
- 5. Simplified, cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 7. Symbols representing numbers in ancient systems
- 10. Ancient Italian language still not fully understood
- 11. Ancient Semitic language once widespread in Near East
- 12. Mysterious or obscure in meaning or intent
- 13. Island civilization associated with Linear A script
- 15. Obsolete IBM character encoding system
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- 2. Civilization with a complex calendar and writing system
- 6. Classical ancient language of India
- 8. Earliest known system of writing from Mesopotamia
- 9. To interpret or make sense of coded writing
- 14. Stone that helped decode Egyptian hieroglyphs
- 16. Engraved or carved writing or symbols
- 17. Minoan script used on Crete, still partly undeciphered
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