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Cryptic Scripts and Forgotten Glyphs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Rare code name for a hypothesized proto-writing from Early African cultures
  • 2. Obscure ancient script from a lost civilization mentioned only in mythology
  • 3. Pertaining to the scientific measurement and analysis of ancient symbols
  • 6. Imaginary hybrid script blending ancient animal signs and glyphs
  • 7. Venerated but barely understood Mesoamerican inscription predating Maya
  • 8. Anagrammed cryptic hint pointing to unidentified ancient alphabet codes
  • 9. Silhouettes stamped on seals from a Harappan civilization, never deciphered
  • 11. Mysterious Easter Island glyphic script, still undeciphered
Down
  • 4. Second Bronze Age script used by Mycenaeans, undeciphered longer than its predecessor
  • 5. Earliest form of writing in ancient Elam characterized by linear signs
  • 10. Hypothetical lost Cypriot syllabary variant with uncertain phonetics
  • 12. Wedge-shaped ancient script etched onto clay tablets in Mesopotamia
  • 13. Anthropological term cryptically linked to tribal symbology and mark-making

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