Explore the basics of ancient writing systems with this medium-difficulty crossword designed for 3rd-5th graders. Learn key terms like hieroglyphs, cuneiform, and alphabets.
Mysteries of Earliest Script Systems is a easy crossword puzzle with 13 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.
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Mysteries of Earliest Script Systems
Explore clues about ancient writing methods and their unique characteristics in this crossword.
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- 1. Alphabet used by ancient Romans
- 2. Ancient Egyptian system of pictorial writing
- 3. One of the earliest known writing systems from Mesopotamia
- 6. Plant-based material used for writing in ancient Egypt
- 7. Writing system where characters represent syllables
- 11. Script from an ancient civilization in the Indian subcontinent
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- 4. Writing style with alternating left-to-right and right-to-left lines
- 5. Simplified Egyptian script derived from hieratic
- 8. Person who copied manuscripts and wrote documents
- 9. Study of ancient inscriptions or epigraphs
- 10. Ancient Ethiopian script still in use today
- 12. Letters used in early Germanic alphabets
- 13. Bones used in ancient China for divination inscriptions
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