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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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