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Mysteries of Ancient Forgotten Scripts
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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  • 1. Material associated with early inscriptions in the Shang dynasty (context: script on these artifacts)
  • 2. Ancient Semitic script ancestor to many modern alphabets
  • 5. Wedge-shaped writing used in ancient Mesopotamia
  • 6. Minoan script used on Crete before the Greek alphabet
  • 7. Ancient monumental structure linked to civilizations that used hieroglyphics
  • 8. Early medieval alphabet used primarily to write Irish
  • 12. Writing system used for the Maldivian language
Down
  • 3. Undeciphered script from Easter Island
  • 4. Old Slavic alphabet predating Cyrillic
  • 9. Alphabet used by Germanic peoples across Northern Europe
  • 10. Japanese syllabary derived from simplified Chinese characters
  • 11. Script derived from Egyptian hieratic, used for daily writing

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