Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Mysteries of Ancient Forgotten Alphabets
Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages and extinct scripts through this engaging crossword puzzle featuring historic alphabets, ancient civilizations, and cryptic writings.
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Across
- 1. An extinct Cushitic language from East Africa
- 2. Alphabetic script that influenced Greek and Latin alphabets
- 4. One of the earliest known writing systems from Mesopotamia
- 5. Ancient Egyptian script used in everyday writing
- 7. Script associated with an ancient civilization in the Indian subcontinent
- 8. Script used by the Nabataeans, ancestors of Arabic script
- 9. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
- 12. Script used by the Mycenaeans, still partly undeciphered
- 15. Alphabet derived from Phoenician, basis for many Western scripts
- 17. Ancient Italic language written in the Oscan alphabet
Down
- 3. Ancient Moabite stone inscription, one of the oldest Semitic texts
- 6. Ancient Indo-Aryan language used in Indian sacred texts
- 10. Old Slavic script created by Saints Cyril and Methodius
- 11. An undeciphered Bronze Age Aegean script
- 13. Ancient language and script from southwestern Iran
- 14. Japanese syllabary derived from cursive man'yōgana
- 16. Script created for the Somali language in the 20th century
- 18. Ancient alphabets used in Germanic languages
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