Perfect for beginners with simple, common vocabulary
Cryptic Scripts of Antiquity
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Across
- 1. Wedge-shaped impressions hammering into clay tablets, Mesopotamian in origin
- 2. Manuscript surface scraped clean to reuse, obscuring old text
- 3. Script whose alphabet influenced Greek and Latin letterforms
- 6. Carved or incised symbols forming a pictorial language
- 7. Code in the stars, ancient astrology's cryptic language
Down
- 4. Sacred carving system where pictures serve a linguistic purpose
- 5. Spartan wrapping device that reveals secret text when aligned
- 8. Ancient signaling style using visual flags or arms to relay messages
- 9. Uncommon word linked to water clock inscriptions in antiquity
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