Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Forgotten Alphabets and Ancient Tongues
Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages and scripts through this captivating crossword puzzle featuring extinct alphabets, mysterious writings, and vanished dialects.
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Across
- 1. Mycenaean Greek script predating the Greek alphabet
- 2. Prehistoric European symbols predating known alphabets
- 3. Ancient Mesopotamian script using wedge-shaped marks
- 4. Ancient Indian language that preceded many modern dialects
- 5. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
- 7. Ancient script considered ancestor of many alphabets
- 8. Extinct Celtic language once spoken in Iberia
- 10. Egyptian cursive writing derived from hieroglyphs
- 14. Simplified Egyptian script derived from hieratic
- 18. Script associated with the ancient civilization in the Indian subcontinent
- 19. Symbols carved or inscribed in ancient writing systems
Down
- 6. Early script used for writing ancient Hebrew texts
- 9. Extinct Indo-European language of Anatolia
- 11. Lost Sumerian language name meaning 'noble bearer' (theory)
- 12. Alphabet used by Germanic tribes, now considered archaic
- 13. Code name sometimes used for the unknown scripts (hint at difficulty)
- 15. Script of the ancient Tuareg people
- 16. Culture that used Linear B script in ancient Greece
- 17. Type of symbolic notation used by some native tribes
- 20. Prehistoric Mesoamerican culture with undeciphered signs
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