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Cryptic Tongues Beneath Ocean Depths
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- 1. Imagined archaic scribe’s system used by vanished oceanic cultures
- 2. Technical jargon for maritime inscriptions rarely studied
- 3. Portmanteau indicating mysterious encrypted ocean scripts
- 5. Imagined sea-themed hieroglyphic script based on coral patterns
- 6. Pictographic motifs on ancient amphorae possibly encoding merchant codes
- 8. Fanciful name for an extinct language predating the Tethys Sea closure
- 10. Symbol system hypothesized from coral formation patterns
- 13. Invented term referring to mythical codices lost beneath waves
- 15. Sign system used by early mariners for navigation messages
- 17. Cryptic coined term for submerged languages of the sea
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- 4. Ancient Aegean script unearthed from Knossos ruins
- 7. Hypothetical term for maritime symbolic communications lost to time
- 9. Hypothetical primary alphabet inscribed on sunken Mediterranean timbers
- 11. Lost dialects historically spoken in coastal interface zones
- 12. Ancient marine manuscripts written on fragile seaweed-derived scrolls
- 14. Hypothetical script predating known syllabaries underwater
- 16. Enigmatic Easter Island script defying complete decipherment
- 18. Wedge-shaped inscription medium dating back to Mesopotamia, potentially encoding seafaring trade
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