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Cryptic Scripts and Forgotten Glyphs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Ancient language whose complex script remains only partially understood
  • 3. Wedge-shaped impressions that encoded Sumerian and Akkadian tongues
  • 6. Alphabet used in Meroitic kingdom, close to Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • 8. Invented African script with over 80 unique characters
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  • 2. Mysterious Germanic inscriptions carved in stone or wood
  • 4. Mycenaean Greek decipherment key, predecessor to the later Greek alphabet
  • 5. Ancient Iberian alphabet predating Latin influence
  • 7. Language with elusive script linked to northwest Aegean realms
  • 9. Invented Olmec script, debated as the earliest Mesoamerican writing
  • 10. Cryptic manuscript named after its modern finder, indeciphered

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