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Cryptic Inscriptions of Lost Alphabets
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Ancient script used in Gandhara for Prakrit and Sanskrit
  • 2. Unique script used in Maldivian language
  • 3. Semitic precursor to Greek and Latin alphabets
  • 5. Study of ancient writing systems and their evolution
  • 7. Bronze Age script deciphered by Michael Ventris
  • 8. Cameroonian script reportedly created by King Njoya
  • 10. Mesoamerican civilization known for mysterious glyphs
  • 11. Old Slavic alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius
  • 12. Primitive Celtic orthography carved on stone edges
  • 16. Scholarly study of Germanic and Norse inscriptions
  • 19. Northern alphabets often inscribed on weapons or monuments
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  • 4. Early alphabetic inscriptions from Egyptian turquoise mines
  • 6. Pictographic script used by the Naxi people
  • 9. Late Egyptian cursive script used for everyday writing
  • 13. Ancient South American quipu-like mnemonic system
  • 14. South Indian script with roots in Brahmi family
  • 15. Egyptian script blending Greek letters with Demotic
  • 17. Wedge-shaped writing of the ancient Mesopotamians
  • 18. Undeciphered Minoan script predating Linear B
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