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Decoding Ancient Writing Systems
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- 1. Egyptian symbolic writing of pictures and phonetics
- 2. Alphabet used by Germanic tribes in Northern Europe
- 4. Ancient script used by Uralic peoples in present-day Russia
- 8. Egyptian script combining Greek letters and demotic signs
- 11. Script of one of the world’s most widely spoken languages
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- 3. Ancient Semitic script that influenced Greek and Latin alphabets
- 5. A symbol or character in an ancient writing system
- 6. Simplified Egyptian script used for daily purposes
- 7. Name of two ancient scripts used on Crete, A and B
- 9. Early medieval alphabet used primarily for Irish inscriptions
- 10. Ancient Indian script considered ancestor of many Asian alphabets
- 12. One of the earliest writing forms, inscribed on clay tablets
- 13. Undeciphered script from an ancient South Asian civilization
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