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Enigmatic Scripts and Ancient Tongues
Explore the mysterious languages and symbols of lost civilizations through this challenging crossword focused on cryptic dialects and forgotten scripts.
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Across
  • 1. Referring to very old civilizations and languages
  • 2. Enigmatic language of the Voynich manuscript
  • 3. Extinct script once used in Western Xia dynasty
  • 4. Symbolic writing of ancient Egypt
  • 5. Greeks whose script is known as Linear B
  • 7. Individual carved or inscribed symbols
  • 8. System of writing used to represent language
  • 10. Study of ancient inscriptions
  • 15. Simplified Egyptian script used for daily purposes
  • 18. Early encoding system, not a dialect but used for texts
  • 19. Characters used in early Germanic alphabets
Down
  • 6. Lost city with undeciphered mural symbols
  • 9. Ancient Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing
  • 11. Mesoamerican civilization with mysterious glyphs
  • 12. Scientists who study languages including ancient ones
  • 13. Untranslated script from the Harappan civilization
  • 14. Structures where many cryptic inscriptions are found
  • 16. To interpret mysterious or coded writing
  • 17. Bronze Age script associated with Mycenaeans

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