Explore the fascinating world of early writing tools and ancient scripts used by civilizations to record history and knowledge.
Scripts and Styluses of Antiquity
Explore the ancient tools and writing systems that shaped early civilizations through this crossword puzzle.
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Across
- 1. Solid block used to produce ink in East Asia
- 2. Material East Asians used as early writing slips
- 3. Medium for writing cuneiform in ancient times
- 4. To decode or interpret ancient scripts
- 5. A pen made from a hollow plant stem used in antiquity
- 9. Pointed tool used for writing on wax or clay
- 13. Ancient Greek writing tool made from bone or metal
- 15. Substance that accelerates ink drying in calligraphy
- 17. Flat surface ancient people wrote on, often clay
- 18. Simplified ancient Egyptian script for priests
Down
- 6. Prepared animal skin used as a writing surface
- 7. Early technique of printing with carved wood blocks
- 8. Ancient Egyptian writing material from a plant
- 10. Person who copied manuscripts or documents
- 11. Symbol carved or inscribed in writing systems
- 12. Ancient Mesopotamian wedge-shaped writing
- 14. Feather pen popular in medieval writing
- 16. Invention that enabled impression of letterforms
- 19. Form used in printing to cast letters or characters
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