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Cryptic Scripts of Forgotten Tongues
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Study essential for unraveling lost linguistic roots
  • 2. Mycenaean script deciphered by Ventris, predating Greek alphabet
  • 3. Visual representation predating phonetic script systems
  • 7. Stone unlocking ancient Egyptian glyphs by parallel inscriptions
  • 9. Script simplifying hieroglyphs for everyday use in later Egypt
  • 10. Scholar pivotal in phonetic reconstructions of extinct languages
  • 12. Modern language with heritage linked to the lost Aramaic script
  • 15. Lost art of passing scripts through vocal tradition
  • 16. Hellenistic lingua franca preserving ancient scripts in biblical texts
Down
  • 4. Semitic alphabet ancestor that influenced Greek and Latin scripts
  • 5. Wedge-shaped impressions that formed the earliest Mesopotamian texts
  • 6. Discipline decoding inscriptions on ancient monuments
  • 8. Obscure Germanic tongue known only through fragmentary records
  • 11. African script created by a king to unify his people
  • 13. Engraved styles essential for identifying ancient stone texts
  • 14. Symbolic prototypes often encoded in archaic tribal writings
  • 17. Script of a vanished civilization on the fertile crescent's west flank

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