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Forgotten Scripts and Ancient Tongues
Explore the mysteries of lost languages and ancient writing systems with this challenging crossword puzzle.
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  • 1. Belonging to the very distant past
  • 3. Mysterious script from Easter Island
  • 4. Ancient language that influenced many alphabets
  • 7. Manuscript page reused by scraping off old text
  • 8. Ancient script from India, precursor to many modern alphabets
  • 11. To convert cipher text into readable language
  • 12. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure
  • 14. Text written over or on top of another, often obscuring it
Down
  • 2. Early form of symbolic communication before true writing
  • 5. Writing characters used by ancient Germanic peoples
  • 6. Symbolic writing system of ancient Egypt
  • 9. One of the earliest known systems of writing
  • 10. Ancient undeciphered script used by Minoans
  • 13. Study of the origin of words and languages
  • 15. Lost script of an ancient South Asian civilization

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