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Ciphered Scripts of Antiquity Revealed
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Primitive Celtic script inscribed along stone edges.
  • 2. Earliest alphabetic inscription linking Egyptian and Levantine scripts.
  • 4. Pertaining to carved inscriptions or gemstone engravings.
  • 6. Priestly shorthand derived from sacred Egyptian script.
  • 10. A symbol representing an entire word instead of phoneme.
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  • 3. Art of inscribing seals, often encoding ancient signs.
  • 5. Modern material named after ancient Greek root for 'writing'.
  • 7. Cryptic reference to enigmatic Egyptian riddles and scripts.
  • 8. Wedge-shaped script carved into clay by Sumerians.
  • 9. Describes societies lacking formal written record-keepers.
  • 11. Mycenaean syllabary precursor to the Greek alphabet.
  • 12. Late Egyptian script, more cursive than hieroglyphs.

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