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Cryptic Relics of Vanished Tongues
A crossword exploring extinct and mysterious languages, their scripts, and the lore surrounding lost communication.
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Across
  • 2. Egyptian script derived from hieratic
  • 3. False friend often confused with ancient words
  • 4. Roman fort site revealing lost written tablets
  • 5. Civilization with a partially deciphered hieroglyphic system
  • 7. Ancient Mesopotamian script made of wedge shapes
  • 8. Symbols carved or drawn to convey meaning
  • 12. Alphabet of ancient Germanic tribes
  • 13. Famous mysterious doodle but unrelated to lost scripts
  • 16. Region famous for lost and ancient manuscript discoveries
  • 19. Script used by the Mycenaean Greeks
Down
  • 1. Type of writing system omitting most vowels
  • 6. Medieval rooms where manuscripts were copied
  • 9. Skill that faded as ancient languages disappeared
  • 10. Stone key to cracked ancient Egyptian texts
  • 11. Study of inscriptions as keys to lost languages
  • 14. Magical or symbolic signs found in old texts
  • 15. Latin word meaning 'excess' and often found in lost manuscripts
  • 17. Pre-Columbian civilization with undeciphered glyphs
  • 18. Ancient Aramaic script once used in Syria
  • 20. Extinct language known for its complex script

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