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Cryptic Codes of Ancient Alphabets is a hard crossword puzzle with 14 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Cryptic Codes of Ancient Alphabets
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- 1. Chinese character form carved on ritual vessels during Shang dynasty
- 2. Study of ancient writing systems and manuscripts
- 5. Early Aegean script deciphered as an early form of Greek
- 8. The science of interpreting inscriptions, especially ancient
- 10. Classical Indo-Aryan language with intricate script history
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- 3. Mystical Germanic alphabet carved into stone or wood
- 4. Hypothetical lost alphabet unearthed from English Roman relics (fictional for puzzle complexity)
- 6. Un-deciphered script from Crete, precursor to Linear B
- 7. Wedge-shaped script inscribed on clay tablets by ancient Mesopotamians
- 9. Ancient script once used in northwest India, derived from Aramaic
- 11. Ancient Indian script associated with Buddhist texts (obscure for challenge; cryptic twist on ‘Sharada’)
- 12. Lost Slavic script once used for ritual texts (invented for cryptic challenge)
- 13. Insular Celtic alphabet etched along stone monoliths
- 14. Egyptian script derived from hieratic, used for daily purposes
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