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Forgotten Scripts and Ancient Tongues
Explore the mysteries of lost languages and ancient writing systems through this crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Egyptian script used for daily purposes, descended from hieratic
  • 2. Ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia
  • 3. Name linked to decipherment efforts of lost scripts
  • 6. Simplified Egyptian cursive script used by priests
  • 7. Mysterious illustrated codex written in an undeciphered script
  • 10. Minoan script deciphered as an early form of Greek
  • 13. Describes scripts written in rows or lines
Down
  • 4. Pictorial marks used in Mayan and Egyptian scripts
  • 5. Stone key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • 8. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
  • 9. Ancient Indo-Aryan language of classical India
  • 11. Legacy character encoding named after a lost script style
  • 12. Biblical tower symbolizing confusion of languages

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