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Writing and Printing

Cretan hieroglyphs

Cretan hieroglyphs
Cretan hieroglyphs

Cretan hieroglyphs are a hieroglyphic writing system used in early Bronze Age Crete, during the Minoan era. It predates Linear A by about a century, but the two writing systems continued to be used in parallel for most of their history. As of 2026, it is undeciphered.

Also on this shelf

Assamese script.

Cypriot Arabic.

See also

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