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Cryptic Scripts and Lost Lexicons
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Descriptive of scripts combining syllables and graphic symbols (compound)
  • 2. The language of the earliest known civilization, undeciphered for centuries
  • 3. Wedge-shaped script inscribed on Mesopotamian tablets
  • 4. Science of ancient handwriting and manuscript dating
  • 5. Ancient Iranian language written in linear and cuneiform forms
  • 6. Latest evolutionary stage of the Egyptian language, written in Greek alphabet
  • 10. Scholarly study of ancient Germanic alphabet inscriptions
  • 13. African language family noted for click consonants, largely oral history
  • 16. Script preceding the Greek alphabet, used by Mycenaeans
  • 20. King whose inscriptions provide insight into Ge’ez script history
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  • 7. The study of ancient inscriptions, crucial for decoding languages
  • 8. Classical Indian language rich with ancient manuscripts (two words combined)
  • 9. Ancient Buddhist philosopher referencing lost Sanskrit texts
  • 11. Relating to carved stones or gems bearing inscriptions
  • 12. Name of an enigmatic illustrated codex in an undeciphered script
  • 14. Egyptian script simpler than hieroglyphs, used for daily writing
  • 15. Indo-European language rediscovered via cuneiform clay tablets
  • 17. Cryptic neologism resembling lost language dialect suffixes
  • 18. Stone that unlocked understanding of Egyptian scripts
  • 19. Fictional script created by Tolkien inspired by ancient alphabets

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