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Forgotten Scripts of Ancient Maps is a medium crossword puzzle with 18 clues covering . Play it online for free below, or create your own crossword with our free crossword maker.

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Forgotten Scripts of Ancient Maps
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  • 1. Decorative oval frame enclosing inscriptions on old maps
  • 2. Angular measurement used in early navigation and ancient cartography
  • 3. One of the earliest writing systems, used for ancient Mesopotamian records including geographic data
  • 4. Symbol carved or inscribed, often representing language on old maps
  • 8. Name of a mysterious manuscript with undeciphered script and strange maps
  • 9. Style of script used in early British Isles manuscripts containing maps
  • 12. Ancient geographer whose maps influenced medieval cartographers
  • 14. Type of ancient script, as in Linear A and B, used in early Mediterranean regions
  • 16. Ancient manuscript book often containing maps in lost languages
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  • 5. Medieval map type showing the world divided into three parts
  • 6. Ancient Egyptian writing system seen in ceremonial maps or documents
  • 7. Ancient stories influencing map elements or geographic names
  • 10. Ancient figures who provided geographic or prophetic information, sometimes inscribed in lost languages
  • 11. Objects or symbols believed to hold magical power, sometimes marked on old maps
  • 13. Navigational instrument used for measuring angles, vital in mapmaking history
  • 15. Relating to ancient writers who copied early maps by hand
  • 17. Journey often charted with vanished scripts or symbolic maps
  • 18. Characters used in early Germanic alphabets, sometimes found on old maps
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