Explore the mysteries of extinct languages and ancient writing systems in this captivating crossword puzzle about lost languages and scripts.
Mysteries of Ancient Forgotten Scripts
Explore the enigmatic world of lost languages and ancient scripts that have confounded historians and linguists alike.
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- 2. One of the earliest systems of writing, developed by Sumerians
- 3. Undeciphered script of Easter Island
- 4. Ancient Egyptian script derived from hieratic
- 5. Late stage of Egyptian language using Greek alphabet
- 6. Location of inscriptions in ancient Javanese script
- 8. Mysterious illustrated medieval manuscript in an unknown script
- 10. Ancient script used in Crete, still partly undeciphered
- 11. Hypothetical language isolate thought to have existed in Siberia
- 13. Alphabet used by Germanic tribes, some runes have uncertain meaning
- 14. Ancient Mesoamerican culture potentially linked to early writing
- 15. Language of many early Buddhist scriptures
- 17. Hypothetical lost language from the ancient Near East
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- 1. Culture associated with the earliest form of Greek writing
- 7. Person who studies languages, including lost and ancient ones
- 9. Civilization famous for an undeciphered script on seals
- 12. Ancient Egyptian cursive writing
- 16. Script used for writing Mycenaean Greek, deciphered in 1950s
- 18. Humanist scholar known for studying ancient texts
- 19. Early angular form of the Arabic script
- 20. Ivory Coast script created by King Njoya in the late 19th century
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