A crossword exploring extinct languages, ancient writing systems, and the mysteries of lost communication.
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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