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The Story of Writing

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The Story of Writing

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						12		13

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17																18

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Across:

2.	Ancient Egyptian writing
3.	A system of signs that serve as equivalents for letters
4.	A person who studies languages
5.	An early writing tool made of a pointed piece of wood
7.	A sign that stands for a sound
8.	To figure out how to read something

9.	Writing that developed in Sumeria
12.	A stone discovered in the Nile with three languages on it (two words)
16.	Any of the characters in the alphabets that were used in ancient times by people of Northern Europe
17.	A way of expressing information
18.	A letter of the alphabet that is used alone or with other vowels and consonants to make a word
19.	A letter of the alphabet that is used with vowels to make a word

Down:

1.	A graphic symbol (as a hieroglyph or alphabet letter) used in writing or printing
6.	Carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar
7.	Early form of paper made from reeds.
10.	A person who looks at the remains of the past

11.	Words that are written on or cut into a surface
13.	In history, someone who knows how to write
14.	A sign that looks like a picture of an object
15.	Coloured liquid that is used for writing or printing

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The Story of Writing

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C

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P

H

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A

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3

A

L

P

H

A

B

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T

C

4

L

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T

5

S

T

Y

L

U

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P

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A

M

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D

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C

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A

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P

A

Y

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C

U

N

E

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F

O

R

M

10

A

U

11

I

12

R

O

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S

S

E

T

T

A

S

T

O

N

E

C

C

S

14

P

H

R

C

15

I

I

A

I

16

R

U

N

E

C

E

B

I

K

T

O

E

P

O

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T

G

O

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W

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V

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W

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C

O

N

S

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N

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T

Across:

2.	Ancient Egyptian writing
3.	A system of signs that serve as equivalents for letters
4.	A person who studies languages
5.	An early writing tool made of a pointed piece of wood
7.	A sign that stands for a sound
8.	To figure out how to read something

9.	Writing that developed in Sumeria
12.	A stone discovered in the Nile with three languages on it (two words)
16.	Any of the characters in the alphabets that were used in ancient times by people of Northern Europe
17.	A way of expressing information
18.	A letter of the alphabet that is used alone or with other vowels and consonants to make a word
19.	A letter of the alphabet that is used with vowels to make a word

Down:

1.	A graphic symbol (as a hieroglyph or alphabet letter) used in writing or printing
6.	Carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar
7.	Early form of paper made from reeds.
10.	A person who looks at the remains of the past

11.	Words that are written on or cut into a surface
13.	In history, someone who knows how to write
14.	A sign that looks like a picture of an object
15.	Coloured liquid that is used for writing or printing

© 2015 PuzzleFast.com, Noncommercial Use Only