Explore the essential tools and methods used by ancient civilizations to communicate across distances in this crossword.
Echoes of Ancient Messaging Methods
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Across
- 1. Ancient Egyptian paper used for writing
- 2. Material for making candles used to illuminate messages at night
- 4. Rolled manuscript for transmitting written information
- 6. Wind instrument used to send alerts or messages
- 9. Short for a script of ancient Egyptian pictorial writing
- 13. Signal created by fire for long-distance communication
Down
- 3. Instrument used for rhythmic signals in tribal communication
- 5. Early system transmitting messages using coded signals
- 7. Method of secret writing or code
- 8. Seal used to secure letters, proving authenticity
- 10. Bird used as a reliable messenger in ancient times
- 11. Traditional indigenous medium for writing messages
- 12. Colored pieces of cloth used in signaling, especially at sea
- 14. Ancient manuscript in book form, often handwritten
- 15. Carved symbols used by early Germanic peoples to send messages