Explore the enigmatic world of ancient writing systems through this engaging crossword puzzle featuring 16 historically significant scripts and terms.
Mysteries of Ancient Scripts Unveiled
Explore the fascinating world of ancient writing systems with this crossword puzzle featuring key scripts and terminology from historic civilizations.
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Across
- 1. A printing method, unrelated to writing systems
- 2. Language isolate with a unique ancient script
- 3. Ancient script considered the precursor to many alphabets
- 5. Alphabet that evolved from the Etruscan and Greek scripts
- 8. Complex writing system from ancient Central America
- 9. Script widely used in the ancient Near East
- 12. Ancient script used in Mycenaean Greece
- 14. Alphabet that introduced vowels explicitly
Down
- 4. Sacred Egyptian pictorial writing system
- 6. Not an ancient script, included as a red herring
- 7. Wedge-shaped writing used in ancient Mesopotamia
- 10. Classical language and script of ancient India
- 11. Ancient city linked to the origin of diverse languages
- 13. Simplified script used in later Egyptian texts
- 15. Script used across much of the Middle East and North Africa
- 16. Alphabet used by Germanic tribes in early medieval Europe
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