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Enigmatic Scripts and Forgotten Alphabets
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Rare South Asian script used in old manuscripts
  • 2. Alphabet of Germanic tribes carved in stone
  • 4. Ancient script used in Gandhara, northwest India
  • 8. Ancient wedge-shaped script of Mesopotamia
  • 9. Ancient North Indian script for Sanskrit and Kashmiri
  • 11. Aramaic-derived script used by desert traders
  • 14. A little-known handwritten alphabet from Arabian Peninsula
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  • 3. Cursive Persian script used in calligraphy
  • 5. Ancient script used in southwestern Iran
  • 6. Study and deciphering of ancient handwriting
  • 7. Old Slavic alphabet predating Cyrillic
  • 10. Stylized name referring to polished handwritten scripts
  • 12. Not a script itself but notable for historical map labeling techniques
  • 13. Berber script used for Tuareg writing
  • 15. African script created by King Njoya
  • 16. Scripts A and B used in ancient Crete

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