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Enigmatic Scripts of Forgotten Epochs
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Hypothetical early Mesoamerican inscriptions, subject of debate
  • 2. Capstone inscription often cryptic on ancient Egyptian monuments
  • 3. Late Egyptian script, more cursive than hieroglyphs
  • 5. Undeciphered glyphs inscribed on Easter Island tablets
  • 7. Symbolic term for obscure scripts carved on Judaean relics
  • 8. Wedge-shaped writing deciphered from ancient Mesopotamia
  • 9. Obscure hieratic variant used by Egyptian priestly scribes
  • 11. Minoan prealphabetic script, still undeciphered
  • 13. African syllabary devised by a Cameroonian king
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  • 4. Bronze Age civilization’s script, still a mystery to linguists
  • 6. Early pictographic stage preceding classical Sumerian text
  • 10. Roman fort site famous for cryptic wooden tablet graffiti
  • 12. Mycenaean syllabary, precursor to Greek alphabet
  • 14. Germanic alphabet mystically inscribed on stones and artifacts

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